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无能为力

wú néng wéi lì

HSK 6 4-character word Traditional 無能為力

What 无能为力 means

1. idiompowerless to do anything about it

The characters in 无能为力

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 我对此无能为力。
  Wǒ duì cǐ wúnéngwéilì.
  There's nothing I can do about it.
• 我们也无能为力。
  There's nothing we can do to help.