Chat attack

don't have a choice

迫不得已

(pòbùdéyǐ)

A: Hey! What are you doing! Why are you driving your car in the no car lane? 

喂！你在干什么！你怎么开车开到非机动车道上了？

(wèi! nǐzài ɡànshéme! nǐ zěnme kāichē kāi dào fēi jīdònɡchē dào shànɡ le?) 

B: Didn't you hear the sirens from that ambulance behind us? I did it to give it room.

你没听到后面那辆救护车的警笛吗？我是为了给它让路才这么做的。

(nǐ méi tīnɡdào hòumiàn nà liànɡ jiùhùchē de jǐnɡdí ma? wǒ shì wèi le ɡěi tā rànɡlù cái zhèmezuò de.)

A: Okay. But there is an intersection ahead, if you don't have chance to change lanes you will be photographed by the traffic cameras. 

好吧,但是前面就是路口了,如果没有变道的话,肯定会被摄像头抓拍到的。

(hǎoba, dànshì qiánmiàn jiùshì lùkǒu le, rúɡuǒ méiyǒu biàndào de huà, kěndìnɡ huì bèi shèxiànɡtóu zhuāpāi dào de.)

B: I don't have a choice. I trust that the traffic police will be able to see my violation was in order to avoid the ambulance and then cancel the fine on me.

我这是迫不得已。我相信交警一定能看出来我是为了避让救护车才违章的,然后取消对我的罚款。

(wǒ zhèshì pòbùdéyǐ. wǒ xiānɡxìn jiāojǐnɡ yīdìnɡ nénɡ kànchūlái wǒshì wèi le bìrànɡ jiùhùchē cái wéizhānɡ de, ránhòu qǔxiāo duìwǒ de fákuǎn.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT