無已

无已
wúyǐ
  1. endlessly
  2. to have no choice

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to be endless; to be incessant; to not stop
  2. (literary) to have no other alternatives (but to do something); to have no other choices (but to do something)
  3. to be endless; to be incessant; to not stop
  4. to have no other alternatives (but to do something); to have no other choices (but to do something)

Wiktionary

  1. 無止、無盡。
  2. 不得已。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 無 wú
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
2 已 yǐ
  1. already
  2. to stop
  3. then
  4. afterwards

Containing this entry

有增無已 yǒuzēngwúyǐ constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions
誅求無已 zhūqiúwúyǐ to make endless exorbitant demands

Related entries

不休 bùxiū
  1. endlessly
  2. ceaselessly
我決定今年不休假。

I decided not to go on holiday this year.

Source: Tatoeba

不盡 bùjìn
  1. not completely
  2. endlessly
这个系统存在着许多缺陷和不尽完善的地方。

This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.

Source: Tatoeba

沒有法 méiyǒufǎ
  1. at a loss
  2. unable to do anything about it
  3. to have no choice
这份合同没有法律效力。

This contract is null and void.

Source: Tatoeba

沒法 méifǎ
  1. at a loss
  2. unable to do anything about it
  3. to have no choice
我没法相信！

I can't believe it!

Source: Tatoeba

不得已 bùdéyǐ
  1. to act against one's will
  2. to have no alternative but to
  3. to have to
  4. to have no choice
  5. must
这不是我们的错……大家都是逼不得已才这么做。

It wasn't our fault... We all had to do it.

Source: Tatoeba