Question

1385 ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ 為了保護自己，我們只好說謊。 To defend ourselves, we had to tell a lie.

Accepted Answer

只好 - without any better option- to have to- to be forced to ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ， ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ˙ ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄤˇ 。

Frequency	1385
Traditional	只好
Zhuyin	ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ
English	- without any better option - to have to - to be forced to
Example Sentence	為了保護自己，我們只好說謊。
Example Sentence Zhuyin	ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ，ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ˙ ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄏㄨㄤˇ 。
Example Sentence English	To defend ourselves, we had to tell a lie.

ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ 只好 Option Forced 為了保護自己，我們只好說謊 ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄜ˙

ㄓˇ ㄏㄠˇ 只好 Option Forced 為了保護自己，我們只好說謊ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄜ˙