无以为报

無以為報

wúyǐ-wéibào

idiom

Meanings

1 to have no way to repay (a kindness)
2 unable to return the favor

Characters

means; with which

Examples

HSK 6

他救了我的命，我无以为报，只能一辈子记着他的好。

Tā jiù le wǒ de mìng, wǒ wúyǐ-wéibào, zhǐnéng yíbèizi jì zhe tā de hǎo.

He saved my life. I have no way to repay him, and can only remember his kindness all my life.

HSK 7-9

您的大恩大德，我无以为报。

Nín de dà'ēn-dàdé, wǒ wúyǐ-wéibào.

I have no way to repay your great kindness.

Tips

grammar

A classical pattern: 无 "have nothing" + 以 "with which" + 为报 "to repay". Period dramas joke with it: 无以为报，只好以身相许 "having no way to repay you, I can only offer myself in marriage".

Stroke Order

无 wú

以 yǐ

为 wéi

报 bào