bo pian
(Singapore, Malaysia, Singlish) No choice; it cannot be helped; there’s no other way.
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(Singapore, Malaysia, Singlish) No choice; it cannot be helped; there’s no other way.
In Singapore, there is no choice being one of the world’s twenty smallest countries. Boh pien ah.
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