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無已

简无已 · 繁無已

Mandarin · pinyin wú yǐ

endlessly
to have no choice

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無: Look up this written character
已: yǐ · already; finished; stop
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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verb

(literary) to be endless; to be incessant; to not stop
(literary) to have no other alternatives (but to do something); to have no other choices (but to do something)

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