mò​kě​nài​hé

to have no alternative

  • created reference approved 莫可奈何 → 无奈/無奈 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    莫可奈何 mò​kě​nài​hé

    无奈 / 無奈 wú​nài

    abbreviation

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 莫可奈何 → 无可奈何/無可奈何 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    莫可奈何 mò​kě​nài​hé

    无可奈何 / 無可奈何 wú​kě​nài​hé

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 莫可奈何 · mò​kě​nài​hé · to have no alternative — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    莫可奈何

    mò​kě​nài​hé

    to have no alternative

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

    莫 (literal) → 莫 · mò · none 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 奈何 (literal) → 奈何 · nài​hé · way out

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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