心有余而力不足 xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 心有余而力不足 心有餘而力不足 xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak unable to do what one wants; to have the desire to do something but lack the strength or resources to carry it out Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.596 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
心有余而力不足 心有餘而力不足 xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak unable to do what one wants; to have the desire to do something but lack the strength or resources to carry it out Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.596 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)