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无奈

wúnài
verbconjunctionHSK 5

“To have no alternative” in Chinese is 无奈 (wúnài).

Meaning

  • to have no alternative
  • frustrated
  • exasperated
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  • helpless
  • conjunctionbut unfortunately

Example

他对生活感到很无奈。

He feels powerless about his own life.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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