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无能为力

wúnéngwéilì

Traditional: 無能為力

(idiom) powerless to do anything about it

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Meaning of 无能为力 in English

wúnéngwéilìHSK 7–9Syllabus #9725
  1. (idiom) powerless to do anything about it

Example sentences

  1. 我对此无能为力。
    wǒ duì cǐ wú néng wéi lì。
    There's nothing I can do about it.
    Tatoeba #512076 by fucongcong · #249722 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

无 on its own →
wú · to lack

HSK words with 无

无HSK 4无法HSK 4无聊HSK 4无论HSK 4无关HSK 5无奈HSK 5无数HSK 5无限HSK 5无效HSK 5毫无HSK 6
能 on its own →
néng · to be able to

HSK words with 能

能HSK 1可能HSK 2只能HSK 3能否HSK 4能够HSK 4能力HSK 4功能HSK 5技能HSK 5能干HSK 5智能HSK 5
为 on its own →
wèi · because of

HSK words with 为

因为HSK 2为什么HSK 2为HSK 3认为HSK 3为了HSK 3以为HSK 3成为HSK 4分为HSK 4作为HSK 4称为HSK 5
力 on its own →
lì · power

HSK words with 力

努力HSK 3力气HSK 4能力HSK 4听力HSK 4压力HSK 4巧克力HSK 4力HSK 5大力HSK 5尽力HSK 5精力HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences