Chinese

無法

/u³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
unable to; cannot; to have no way to do something
  • TOCFL 5
  • 无法

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  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese法 “law; rule; regulation; statute”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • meaningChinese廌 “a kind of small deer-like ungulate, antelope”
    • soundChinese盍 “why; how”

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