Read Edit View history 心余力绌 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 心有余而力不足 (心有餘而力不足) xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú willing but unable To have the desire to do something but lack the necessary strength, resources, or physical ability to carry it out; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
心有余而力不足 (心有餘而力不足) xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú willing but unable To have the desire to do something but lack the necessary strength, resources, or physical ability to carry it out; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)