不得不 bu de bu

不得不 bu de bu

“I can’t but” or “I can’t help but” or “can’t but” are good ways to remember 不得不 It means that one is compelled, that one has no choice 我不得不爱你 I have no choice but to love you, e.g. “I am unable not to love you” is a literal and comprehensible though ungrammatical English turn of that Chinese phrase.