没办法 (沒辦法)
méi bàn fǎ
Pinyin

Definition

没办法 (沒辦法)
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méi bàn fǎ
  1. there is nothing to be done
  2. one can't do anything about it

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 variant: 法 fǎ
zuò fǎ
  1. 1 way of handling sth
  2. 2 method for making
  3. 3 work method
  4. 4 recipe
  5. 5 practice
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
xiǎng fǎ
  1. 1 way of thinking
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 notion
  4. 4 to think of a way (to do sth)
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
fāng fǎ
  1. 1 method
  2. 2 way
  3. 3 means
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
méi fǎ
  1. 1 at a loss
  2. 2 unable to do anything about it
  3. 3 to have no choice

Idioms (20)

以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法,以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
和尚打伞,无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
  1. 1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
  2. 2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
  3. 3 lawless
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
  1. 1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

Sample Sentences

谢谢老板,但是我今天家里有事,真的没办法。实在是很不好意思。
xièxie lǎobǎn ,dànshì wǒ jīntiān jiā lǐ yǒushì ,zhēnde méibànfǎ 。shízài shì hěn bùhǎoyìsi 。
Thank you, but I really can’t make it due to family matters. I am sorry.
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没办法,堵车呢!
méibànfǎ ,dǔchē ne !
There’s no way. There’s a traffic jam.