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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

无可奈何 [wúkěnàihé]
  1. 1. have no alternative
    我一再坚持,妈妈终于无可奈何地同意让我出国读书。
    I persevered and persevered, and in the end my mother had no alternative but to agree to let me study abroad.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

无可奈何 [wúkěnàihé]
  1. 1. have no way out; be utterly helpless; have no alternative
    他虽然每日抱怨,也无可奈何了。
    Grumble as he might, he had to put up with it.
    我们无可奈何,只得应允。
    We had no choice but to give in.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

无可奈何 [wúkěnàihé]
  1. 1. 毫无办法。

Examples

我们无可奈何,只得应允。
We had no choice but to give in.
脸上现出一丝无可奈何的冷笑。
无可奈何
他耸动了一下双肩,表示无可奈何
事已至此,无可奈何
There was little the Phoenix King could do but finally declare war against one of his own realms.
凤凰国王无可奈何,终向他自己的属国宣战。

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