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

HSK 7-9

他的恩情让我无以为报。

Tā de ēnqíng ràng wǒ wúyǐ wéi bào.

His kindness leaves me with no way to repay it.

HSK 7-9

那种美景让人无以言表。

Nàzhǒng měijǐng ràng rén wúyǐ yán biǎo.

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