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争奈
zhēng​nài

unfortunately

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 争 爭 zhēng
    how
    (literary) how; why; used similarly to 怎 zěn
  2. 奈 nài
    but
    (literary) but; however; unfortunately (expressing an unexpected turn or obstacle, often as 无奈 wú​nài or 怎奈 zěn​nài)