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心有余，力不足

xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú

7-character word Traditional 心有餘，力不足

What 心有余，力不足 means

1. The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).
2. I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
3. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

The characters in 心有余，力不足

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 力lìpower; force; strength
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully