There's nothing I can do about it.
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无能为力
Traditional: 無能為力
wú néng wéi lì
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
wú néng wéi lì · mou4 nang4 wai4 lik6 (Jyutping)
- (idiom) powerless to do anything about it
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Character breakdown
无
能
- Meaning
- to be able; can, permitted to; ability
- Radical
- ⺼
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰⿱厶⺼⿱匕匕
- Cangjie
- IBPP
- Four-corner
- 2121.1
为
- Meaning
- do, handle, govern, act; be
- Radical
- 丶
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻丶⿴力丶
- Cangjie
- IKSI
- Four-corner
- 3402
力
- Meaning
- power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19
- Radical
- 力
- Strokes
- 2
- Components
- ⿻丿？
- Cangjie
- KS
- Four-corner
- 4002.7
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