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怎奈

zěnnài

1. correlative conjunction but unfortunately; yet as luck would have it (literary/written)

   他很想去，怎奈时间不允许。

   Tā hěn xiǎng qù, zěnnài shíjiān bù yǔnxǔ.

   He very much wanted to go, but time did not permit.

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