万般无奈
wàn​bān​wú​nài

to have no alternative

  • created sense approved 万般无奈/萬般無奈 · wàn​bān​wú​nài · to have no alternative — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万般无奈 / 萬般無奈

    wàn​bān​wú​nài

    to have no alternative

    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

    万般 (literal) → 万般/萬般 · wàn​bān · extremely 无奈 (literal) → 无奈/無奈 · wú​nài · helpless

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