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萬般無奈

简万般无奈 · 繁萬般無奈

Mandarin · pinyin wàn bān wú nài

to have no way out
to have no alternative

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萬: Look up this written character
般: bān · sort, manner, kind, category
無: Look up this written character
奈: nài · but, how; bear, stand, endure
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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4–1–2–4 · wan4 ban1 wu2 nai4

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maan6 bun1 mou4 noi6

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