只好

can only in Mandarin

The mandarin vocabulary 只好 can also mean have to

You can remember the meaning of 只好 with this easy mnemonic:

People sometimes make excuses when making a wrong decision by acting as they can only (只) choose a certain option to make themselves feel good (好).

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

The reading of 只好 is zhǐ hǎo.

You can remember how to say 只好 with this useful mnemonic:

I need to give up my dog because I got fired from work, says one person. The unimpressed listener says, "Geez (zhǐ), how (hǎo) can you abandon your pet? There are other better options even if you don't have money."

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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