Chinese–EnglishWith examples

逼

bī · bi

Traditional 偪

HSK 6

Meaning

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bī 逼

to force (sb to do sth)
to compel
to press for
to extort
to press on towards
to press up to
to close in on
euphemistic variant of 屄 (bī)

bī 偪

variant of 逼 (bī)
to compel
to pressure

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In a sentence

2 examples

我(wǒ)们(men)被(bèi)逼(bī)得(de)走(zǒu)投(tóu)无(wú)路(lù)了(le)。

We were driven to the wall.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

你(nǐ)能(néng)把(bǎ)马(mǎ)带(dài)到(dào)河(hé)边(biān)，但(dàn)不(bù)能(néng)逼(bī)它(tā)喝(hē)水(shuǐ)。

You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Aphima · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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