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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

奈何 [nàihé]
  1. 1. (used in a rhetorical question) what alternative is there; what's to be done
    奈何
    have no way out; have no choice; there is no alternative
    谁能奈何得了你呢?
  2. 2. how; why
  3. 3. do something to (a person); cope with; deal with
    其奈我何?
    What can they do to me?
    谁也奈何他不得。
    Nobody could do anything against him.
    你硬要这么做,我也没奈何
    对这件事,我真是无可奈何

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

奈何 [nàihé]
  1. 1. 代 [文] 为什么;如何(用于反问)
    民不畏死,奈何以死惧之?
  2. 2. 怎么办;怎样对待
    徒唤奈何
    无可奈何

Examples

奈何
have no way out; have no choice; there is no alternative 奈何
谁也奈何他不得。
Nobody could do anything against him. 奈何
谁能奈何得了你呢? 奈何
你硬要这么做,我也没奈何 奈何
小明考试不及格, 没奈何, 只好补考。
Xiaoming failed the examination. Since there is no alternative, he had to take a make-up exam. 没奈何
奈何
民不畏死,奈何以死惧之? 奈何
徒唤奈何 奈何
求之不得,徒唤奈何! 求之不得

Collocations

无可奈何
helpless
奈何不得
can do nothing about something or to somebody
徒唤奈何
helpless cries

Word Decomposition


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