无 能 为 力

wúnéngwéilì

Meaning

idiompowerless to do anything about it

Example

我们也无能为力。

There's nothing we can do to help.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wúHSK 44 strokesnot to have néngHSK 110 strokescan wèiHSK 24 strokesas (in the capacity of)lìHSK 22 strokespower

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