逼上梁山
bī shàng Liáng Shān
to be driven to drastic action
Character by character
逼bī
driven
driven
上shàng
up
up
梁Liáng
Liang
Liang
山Shān
Mountain
Mountain
Example
他辞职创业也是被逼上梁山的。
He was driven to quit and start his own business.
Tone: neutral.
Learn this in Lesson 209 · HSK 9+: 四大名著 (The four great novels)
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