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無法

简无法 · 繁無法

Mandarin · pinyin wú fǎ

unable to; incapable of

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法: fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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verb

unable to; cannot; to have no way to do something

adj

(Classical) lawless

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