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无力

wú lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 無力

无力 (wú lì) means "powerless; lacking strength". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 无力 means

1. powerless
2. lacking strength

The characters in 无力

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Words starting with 无力

• 无力感wú lì gǎnfeeling of powerlessness; sense of helplessness

Words containing 无力

• 有气无力yǒu qì wú lìweakly and without strength (idiom); dispirited
• 苍白无力cāng bái wú lìpale and feeble; powerless
• 回天无力huí tiān wú lìunable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom); to fail to save the situation
• 重症肌无力zhòng zhèng jī wú lìmyasthenia gravis (medicine)

Sounds the same

Read wú lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无利no profit; not profitable; a hindrance

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wú lì correctly.
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