无可奈何 wúkěnàihé have no way out
have no way out; have no alternative; short form to 无奈
How to remember 无可奈何: 无 have not + 可 may + 奈 but + 何 what = have no way out.
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How it is used
- Idiom: to be helpless / have no choice but to accept - 我也无可奈何 (wǒ yě wúkě nàihé) there's nothing I can do about it either.
- Expresses resigned helplessness in the face of a situation you can't change. Abbreviates to 无奈 (wúnài).