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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「愛莫之助」, detailing its meaning and use.

Discover the idiom 「愛莫之助」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Ai: cherish; Mo: don’t. Although I care and sympathize with you, I don’t have the power to help you.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ài mò zhī zhù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

oi3 mok6 ji1 jo6

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