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Jyutping mou4 ji5
Pinyin wú yǐ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, literary
    cannot
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    无以为继
    無以為繼
    mou4 ji5 wai4 gai3
    • to have no way to continue; to not be able to be sustained
  2. Cantonese
    你对我一家人都咁好,我哋真系无以为报!
    你對我一家人都咁好,我哋真係無以為報!
    nei5 deoi3 ngo5 jat1 gaa1 jan4 dou1 gam3 hou2, ngo5 dei6 zan1 hai6 mou4 ji5 wai4 bou5!
    • You treat my family so well, so much so that nothing on earth can requite your benevolence!
  3. Cantonese
    人老咗少不免会阴虚,无以前咁挨得,最好就早睡早起,多饮汤水少挨日夜。
    人老咗少不免會陰虛,無以前咁捱得,最好就早睡早起,多飲湯水少捱日夜。
    • When someone is turning old would has deficiency of Yin, one will has less endurance, you better sleep early and wake early, drink more water and soup, and burn less mid-night oil.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    无以为报
    無以為報
    wú yǐ wéi bào
    • to be unable to repay a favor
  2. Mandarin
    圣贤生于其时,(亦)无以立于天下,封建者为之也。岂圣人之制使至于是乎?吾固曰:“非圣人之意也,势也。”
    聖賢生於其時,(亦)無以立於天下,封建者為之也。豈聖人之制使至於是乎?吾固曰:“非聖人之意也,勢也。”
    shèng xián shēng yú qí shí , ( yì ) wú yǐ lì yú tiān xià , fēng jiàn zhě wèi zhī yě . qǐ shèng rén zhī zhì shǐ zhì yú shì hū ? wú gù yuē : “ fēi shèng rén zhī yì yě , shì yě . ”
    • Even if the Sages and Worthies lived during this period, they would also be unable to establish themselves within the Realm, invested lords would instead do this. How can the system of the Sages' own design bring about this problem? I emphatically say, 'It was not designed by the Sages, but merely by circumstance.'
  3. Mandarin
    海枣树身无闲枝,直耸三四丈,而树顶四面共生十余枝,叶如栟榈,五年一实,实甚大,如杯碗,核两头不尖,双卷而圆,其味极甘美,安邑御枣无以加也。
    海棗樹身無閒枝,直聳三四丈,而樹頂四面共生十餘枝,葉如栟櫚,五年一實,實甚大,如杯碗,核兩頭不尖,雙卷而圓,其味極甘美,安邑御棗無以加也。
    hǎi zǎo shù shēn wú xián zhī , zhí sǒng sān sì zhàng , ér shù dǐng sì miàn gòng shēng shí yú zhī , yè rú bēn lǘ , wǔ nián yī shí , shí shèn dà , rú bēi wǎn , hé liǎng tóu bù jiān , shuāng juǎn ér yuán , qí wèi jí gān měi , ān yì yù zǎo wú yǐ jiā yě .
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  4. Mandarin
    生活无以为继
    生活無以為繼
    shēng huó wú yǐ wèi jì
    • to not be able to sustain a living
  5. Mandarin
    随着美国贸易保护主义的兴起,台湾地区制成品输出美国受到冲击,连带也影响到上游原料供应的石化业。同时岛内的环境保护意识逐渐兴起,高污染的石化业常成为社会运动的抗争对象。这些内外情势的变迁都使得20世纪70年代被当局大力扶持的石化业无以为继。
    隨着美國貿易保護主義的興起,台灣地區製成品輸出美國受到衝擊,連帶也影響到上游原料供應的石化業。同時島內的環境保護意識逐漸興起,高污染的石化業常成為社會運動的抗爭對象。這些內外情勢的變遷都使得20世紀70年代被當局大力扶持的石化業無以為繼。
    suí zhe měi guó mào yì bǎo hù zhǔ yì de xīng qǐ , tái wān dì qū zhì chéng pǐn shū chū měi guó shòu dào chōng jī , lián dài yě yǐng xiǎng dào shàng yóu yuán liào gōng yìng de shí huà yè . tóng shí dǎo nèi de huán jìng bǎo hù yì shí zhú jiàn xīng qǐ , gāo wū rǎn de shí huà yè cháng chéng wéi shè huì yùn dòng de kàng zhēng duì xiàng . zhè xiē nèi wài qíng shì de biàn qiān dōu shǐ dé 20 shì jì 70 nián dài bèi dāng jú dà lì fú chí de shí huà yè wú yǐ wéi jì .
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