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只好

zhǐ hǎo

Written zhǐ hǎo, said zhí hǎo — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.

HSK 3 · word 2133 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

只好坐下来等待。

zhǐ hǎo zuò xià lái děng dài

There was no choice but to sit and wait.

Characters in 只好

only plus , here meaning it will do. Having no better option, and it sits before the verb.

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