Having no alternative or choice; frustrated and without any way out; can also be used as a noun meaning a state of helplessness.

to have no alternative; to have no way out; to be at one's wit's end

to do something to someone; to handle or cope with (often used in the negative to mean one cannot do anything about a person)

A private Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York

to have no other way out; forced by circumstances to act against one's will; to be completely at a loss for any better option

but; however; unfortunately; often used in early vernacular or literature to express a sense of helplessness, similar to [[无奈|無奈|wu2 nai4]]

Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

Nara, a city and former capital of Japan

Peninsula in Egypt located between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter

to have no alternative; to be completely helpless

A private research university located in Ithaca, New York.

to have no alternative; to have no choice but to do something

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), the Swedish biologist who established the modern system for naming plants and animals.

To have no way out or no other choice; to feel helpless or have nothing that can be done.

Nairobi, the capital of Kenya; this transcription is used primarily in Taiwan.

(literary) what can we do about it; what is to be done.

Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in [[通辽|通遼|tong1 liao2]], Inner Mongolia

Chennai, formerly known as [[马德拉斯|馬德拉斯|ma3 de2 la1 si1]], the capital of the Indian state of [[泰米尔纳德邦|泰米爾納德邦|tai4 mi3 er3 na4 de2 bang1]]

Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of central Japan

unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter; also used as a prefix for things at the nanoscale (Taiwan)

Naiman banner (a county-level subdivision) in [[通辽|通遼|tong1 liao2]], Inner Mongolia

Grinnell College, a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA

how can one endure; cannot bear or withstand. Often used to express resentment or frustration similar to [[怎奈|怎奈|zen3 nai4]]

Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, or Mountains) in Alaska

to be unable to bear; to be unable to endure; cannot withstand

(literary) unfortunately; but; however; used to express that something is regrettable or cannot be helped

linezolid; a synthetic antibiotic drug used to treat serious bacterial infections

(literary) detestable; hateful; unendurable

Kenai Peninsula, Lake, or Mountains in Alaska

(literary) time that one can do nothing about; a period of listlessness or boredom. This phrase was famously used in the Ming dynasty play [[牡丹亭|牡丹亭|mu3 dan1 ting2]] to describe a beautiful day that feels empty because of one's own loneliness or helplessness.

The bridge in Chinese mythology that souls must cross to enter the underworld; crossing it marks the final departure from the living world to reincarnation or hell.

Taiwanese name for Nigeria, a country in West Africa; also called [[尼日利亚|尼日利亞|ni2 ri4 li4 ya4]] in Mainland China.

official name for the country of Nigeria in West Africa

neper; a unit used to measure the ratio of two physical quantities, such as power or sound intensity

patient; able to bear annoyance or endure trouble

nanosecond; one billionth of a second. This term is primarily used in Taiwan.

branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers

material with structural components at the scale of nanometers

the study of structures and materials on an ultra-small scale, typically at the atomic or molecular level; variant term used primarily in Taiwan

The Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history

Netflix, an American entertainment company

a poisonous chemical compound (loanword)

potassium cyanide (KCN); a highly toxic chemical compound

(variant form) to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; endurance

Feeling restless, anxious, or uneasy; often used in literary contexts to describe someone who cannot sit still due to inner turmoil.

Disneyland (transliteration variant)

Kanagawa, a prefecture of Japan