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心有餘而力不足 (sam1 yau5 jyu4 ji4 lik6 bat1 zuk1) — the spirit is willing but the will is weak | also 力不從心 or 心餘力絀 in Cantonese

samˉ¹心yauˏ₅有jyuˎ₄餘jiˎ₄而likˍ₆力batˉ¹不zukˉ¹足
简 心有馀而力不足
Mandarin Pinyin: xin1 you3 yu2 er2 li4 bu4 zu2

Meaning of 心有餘而力不足

nounthe spirit is willing but the will is weak | also 力不從心 or 心餘力絀

Characters in 心有餘而力不足

心sam1
Kangxi radical 61
有jau5
there is; exist; be present
餘jyu4
spare time after an event
而ji4
on the condition that; supposing that; if
力lik6
KangXi radical 19
不bat1
not; no; un-
足zuk1
foot; leg

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