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ban-puttek'ie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban pud'teg'ie; ban-pud'teg'ie [[...]] 

be forced to do it, to have no alternative

萬不得已

iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'lerng [[...]] 

crux of a matter, the point, the way of doing something, the gist

要領

• Hid ee laang iaolerng cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang iaux'lerng cyn hør. [[...]] 
  He is a shrewd man. He does everything well.
  那個人要領很好。

• Y kofng'oe ee iaolerng cyn bae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y korng'oe ee iaux'lerng cyn bae.; (Y korng'oe pud teg iaux'lerng.) [[...]] 
  I can't get the point of his argument at all. I cannot make him out at all.
  他講話的要領很差,他講話不得要領。

• M zaiviar iaolerng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M zay'viar iaux'lerng. [[...]] 
  Don't know how to do it.
  不懂要領

Putjip hofhiet, iefn teg hofzuo (hofjii)? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'jip hor'hiet, iefn teg hor'zuo (hor'jii)? [[...]] 

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子?

puttek'ie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'ie [[...]] 

cannot help it, unavoidable

不得已

• puttek'ie ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'ie ee sii [[...]] 
  in an unavoidable case, if necessary
  不得已的時候

• puttek'ie ee taixcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'ie ee tai'cix [[...]] 
  circumstances beyond one's control, for unavoidable reasons
  不得已的事

• ban-puttek'ie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'pud'teg'ie; ban-pud'teg'ie [[...]] 
  be compelled (forced) to do
  萬不得已

putteg iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg iaux'lerng [[...]] 

nothing to the point

不得要領

puttekliao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'liao [[...]] 

cannot be stopped, Good heavens! It's serious!

不得了

puttekpud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'pud [[...]] 

cannot but...

不得不

puttekputsid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'pud'sid [[...]] 

doesn't want to offend people

不得罪人,持中庸之態度

teg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg; (tid) [[...]] 

get, obtain, to gain, can, acquire, attain, to effect, may, able to

得

• puttek'ie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'ie [[...]] 
  be forced to, be compelled to, could not help it
  不得已

• puttekliao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'liao [[...]] 
  cannot be stopped, Good heavens! It's serious!
  不得了

• puttekpud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'pud [[...]] 
  cannot but...
  不得不

• simteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'teg [[...]] 
  what one gains from intense study meditation or long practice
  心得

• softeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sor'teg [[...]] 
  income, revenue, gain
  所得

• softeg-søex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sor'teg'soex; sor'teg-søex [[...]] 
  income tax
  所得稅

teg pud sioong sid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg pud sioong sid [[...]] 

what one gains cannot offset the loses — not worth the effort

得不償失

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