"Helpless" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 无奈 | wú nài | to have no alternative / frustrated / exasperated / helpless / (conjunction) but unfortunately |   |
| 无能为力 | wú néng wéi lì | impotent (idiom) / powerless / helpless | |
| 无助 | wú zhù | helpless / helplessness / feeling useless / no help | |
| 无措 | wú cuò | helpless | |
| 束手 | shù shǒu | to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it | |
| 没治 | méi zhì | hopeless / helpless / incurable / fantastic / out of this world | |
| 无援 | wú yuán | without support / helpless | |
| 自身难保 | zì shēn nán bǎo | powerless to defend oneself (idiom) / helpless | |
| 束手无策 | shù shǒu wú cè | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom) / fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | |
| 没奈何 | mò nài hé | to have no alternative / to be helpless | |
| 伶仃 | líng dīng | alone and helpless / also written 零丁 | |
| 一木难支 | yī mù nán zhī | lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone | |
| 望而兴叹 | wàng ér xīng tàn | to look and sigh / to feel helpless / not knowing what to do | |
| 无助感 | wú zhù gǎn | to feel helpless / feeling useless | |
| 无脚蟹 | wú jiǎo xiè | helpless lonely person | |
