无奈 (無奈)
wú nài
Pinyin

Definition

无奈 (無奈)
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wú nài
  1. helpless
  2. without choice
  3. for lack of better option
  4. grudgingly
  5. willy-nilly
  6. nolens volens
  7. abbr. for 無可奈何|无可奈何[wú kě nài hé]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

无奈
wú nài
  1. 1 helpless
  2. 2 without choice
  3. 3 for lack of better option
  4. 4 grudgingly
  5. 5 willy-nilly
  6. 6 nolens volens
  7. 7 abbr. for 無可奈何|无可奈何[wú kě nài hé]
奈何
nài hé
  1. 1 to do something to sb
  2. 2 to deal with
  3. 3 to cope
  4. 4 how?
  5. 5 to no avail
无可奈何
wú kě nài hé
  1. 1 have no way out
  2. 2 have no alternative
  3. 3 abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wú nài]
香奈儿
Xiāng nài ér
  1. 1 Chanel (brand name)
奈
nài
  1. 1 how can one help

Sample Sentences

我不相信有人会选择这种生活方式。肯定是被逼无奈，或者有什么难言之隐。而且现在给钱的人也不是很多。靠乞讨致富还是有点夸张吧。
wǒ bù xiāngxìn yǒurén huì xuǎnzé zhèzhǒng shēnghuó fāngshì 。kěndìng shì bèi bī wúnài ，huòzhě yǒu shénme nányánzhīyǐn 。érqiě xiànzài gěi qián de rén yě bùshì hěn duō 。kào qǐtǎo zhìfù hái shì yǒudiǎn kuāzhāng ba 。
I don't believe anyone would choose this kind of lifestyle. It's definitely something they were compelled to do, or they have some deep dark secret. And these days, there aren't a lot of people who give money. It seems a little bit out-there to get rich just by begging.
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是啊，虽然教育部门早就提倡“素质教育了”，希望学生们都能德智体美劳全面发展，无奈理想很丰满，现实很骨感啊！
shì a ，suīrán jiàoyù bùmén zǎo jiù tíchàng “sùzhìjiàoyù le ”，xīwàng xuéshēng men dōu néng dé zhì tǐ měi láo quánmiàn fāzhǎn ，wúnài lǐxiǎng hěn fēngmǎn ，xiànshí hěn gǔgǎn ā ！
Yeah, although the Ministry of Education has long called for "rounded education", in the hope that students are all able to develop in a rounded way in terms of their moral fortitude, their intellectual abilities, their physical strength and hard working nature, the ideal of it is a lot more substantial than the reality!
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哇，布达拉宫、唐古拉山、纳木错…都是我垂涎了很久的地方，无奈身体不好，不敢去海拔那么高的地方。
wā ，Bùdálāgōng 、Tánggǔlāshān 、Nàmùcuò …dōu shì wǒ chuíxián le hěn jiǔ de dìfang ，wúnài shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bù gǎn qù hǎibá nàme gāo de dìfang 。
Wow, the Potala Palace, Tanggula Mountain, Namtso…are all places I have been coveting for a long time, but I’m afraid to go to high altitude places due to my poor health.
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上班族常挂嘴边的这句话，或许最能读出他们心中双城奔波的无奈。
shàngbānzú cháng guà zuǐ biān de zhè jù huà ，huòxǔ zuì néng dúchū tāmen xīnzhōng Shuāngchéng bēnbō de wúnài 。
These words often chanted by workers commuting between the two cities perhaps reflects their sense of helplessness.
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反正主妇都很无奈，都很绝望。
fǎnzhèng zhǔfù dōu hěn wúnài ，dōu hěn juéwàng 。
Anyway housewives are all helpless and desperate.
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这样的不幸当然没有人愿意发生，但是自然灾难本来隔一段时间就会发生一次。这是个很无奈的自然规律。
zhèyàng de bùxìng dāngrán méiyǒurén yuànyì fāshēng ，dànshì zìrán zāinàn běnlái gé yī duàn shíjiān jiù huì fāshēng yīcì 。zhè shì ge hěn wúnài de zìrán guīlǜ 。
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