為了保護自己，我們只好說謊。

To defend ourselves, we had to tell a lie.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 為了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
2 保護 bǎohù
  1. to protect
  2. to defend
  3. to safeguard
  4. protection

classifier: 種
3 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
4 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
5 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
6 說謊 shuōhuǎng
  1. to lie
  2. to tell an untruth