无能为力
wú​néng​wéi​lì HSK7

powerless

  • created sense approved 无能为力/無能為力 · wú​néng​wéi​lì · powerless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无能为力 / 無能為力

    wú​néng​wéi​lì

    powerless

    (idiom) powerless to do anything; helpless; incapable of helping or influencing a situation

    无能 (literal) → 无能/無能 · wú​néng · incompetent; inability 为力 (literal) → 为力/為力 · wéi​lì · to exert oneself

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense