无望 (wú wàng) — hopeless; (literary) unexpected, unforeseen
Definition
Literary adjective with two senses: 'hopeless' (no chance of success) and 'unexpected, unforeseen' (as in 无望之灾 'an unforeseen disaster'). Mainly found in written/formal Chinese.
adjective
hopeless(literary) unexpectedunforeseen
Examples
- 无望。Zhè ge xiàng mù de chéng gōng kàn lái yǐ jīng wú wàng le.The success of this project seems hopeless already.
- ，无望。Tā nǔ lì le hěn jiǔ, dàn zuì zhōng hái shì wú wàng.He tried for a long time, but in the end it was hopeless.
- 无望。Nà cì wú wàng zhī zāi chè dǐ gǎi biàn le tā men de mìng yùn.That unforeseen disaster completely changed their fate.
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