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wú kě nài hé
phr. there is nothing to be done, to resign oneself to (doing sth unpleasant), to have no choice but accept (sth unpleasant) calmly
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
/ wú nài hé
[phr] can do nothing about; to resign oneself to (doing sth unpleasant) (same as [无可奈何])
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wǒ yí zài jiān chí, mā ma zhōng yú wú kě nài hé de tóng yì ràng wǒ chū guó dú shū
phr. I persevered again and again and finally my mother had no alternative but to agree to let me study abroad.
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tā wú kě nài hé de jiē shòu le zhè gè jié guǒ
phr. He accepted this result in resignation.