無如

Chinese

		not have	as (if); such as
trad. (無如)		無	如
simp. (无如)		无	如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúrú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ju²
    • Yale: wú-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuru
    • Palladius: ужу (užu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʐu³⁵/

Conjunction

無如

1. unfortunately

   • 誠然，這是歐美資產階級走過的老路，但無如國際國內的環境，都不容許中國這樣做。 [MSC, trad.]
     诚然，这是欧美资产阶级走过的老路，但无如国际国内的环境，都不容许中国这样做。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Chéngrán, zhè shì Ōu-Měi zīchǎnjiējí zǒuguò de lǎolù, dàn wúrú guójì guónèi de huánjìng, dōu bù róngxǔ Zhōngguó zhèyàng zuò. [Pinyin]

     To be sure, that was the old road taken by the European and American bourgeoisie, but whether one likes it or not, neither the international nor the domestic situation allows China to do the same.

Synonyms

• 無奈／无奈 (wúnài)

Verb

無如

1. (literary) to be not as good as; to be inferior to

Synonyms

• 不如 (bùrú)