4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 515

Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「出於無奈」, detailed below.

This feature highlights the idiom 「出於無奈」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

It means there is really no other way and one has to do this. Helpless: there is nothing one can do.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chū yú wú nài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheut1 yu1 mou4 noi6

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.