无可奈何

無可奈何

wúkě-nàihé

idiom HSK 7-9 #26,868

Meanings

1 helpless
2 to have no alternative
3 to be at one's wit's end

Characters

Examples

面对这种情况，他无可奈何。

Miànduì zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng, tā wúkěnàihé.

Faced with this situation, he was helpless.

她无可奈何地叹了口气。

Tā wúkěnàihé de tàn le kǒuqì.

She sighed helplessly.

Tips

memory

无 (without) + 可 (can) + 奈何 (do what) = there's nothing one can do — helpless.

Stroke Order

无 wú

可 kě

奈 nài

何 hé