无可奈何
wúkěnàihé
helpless; having no alternative
Characters in this word
奈 nài
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 预算被突然削减，项目组只能无可奈何地缩小规模。 Yùsuàn bèi tūrán xuējiǎn, xiàngmùzǔ zhǐ néng wúkěnàihé de suōxiǎo guīmó. After the budget was suddenly cut, the project team had no choice but to reduce its scale.
- 他误了火车，只能无可奈何地看着它开走。 Tā wùle huǒchē, zhǐ néng wúkěnàihé de kànzhe tā kāi zǒu. He missed the train and could only watch helplessly as it left.
- 面对孩子的哭闹，母亲感到无可奈何，只好答应买玩具。 Miànduì háizi de kūnào, mǔqīn gǎndào wúkěnàihé, zhǐhǎo dāying mǎi wánjù. Faced with her crying child, the mother felt helpless and had to agree to buy a toy.
Related words
- 无 wú no; without
- 无法 wúfǎ unable to
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 无论 wúlùn no matter
- 无数 wúshù countless
- 无所谓 wúsuǒwèi it does not matter
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 毫无 háowú completely without
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 当之无愧 dāngzhīwúkuì fully deserving; worthy of the title