无以

無以

wúyǐ

phrase #18,480

Meanings

1 unable to; having no way to
2 cannot (literary)

Characters

without; lacking

with which to; by means of

Examples

他的恩情让我无以为报。

Tā de ēnqíng ràng wǒ wúyǐwéibào.

His kindness leaves me with no way to repay it.

那种美景让人无以言表。

Nà zhǒng měijǐng ràng rén wúyǐyánbiǎo.

That kind of beauty is beyond words.

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无以 is classical/literary Chinese (文言文). It almost always appears in set phrases: 无以为报 (no way to repay), 无以复加 (to the utmost), 无以言表 (beyond description).

Stroke Order

无 wú

以 yǐ