"心有餘而力不足" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "賈{Jiǎ} ^政 冷 笑-道：「你 有 多大 本領！上頭 說 了 一句 大 開門 的 散-話，如今 又 要 一句 連 轉 帶 煞{shā}，豈不 心有餘而力不足 呢？」",
        "2": "",
        "3": "WVC",
        "collapsed": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "賈政冷笑道：「你有多大本領！上頭說了一句大開門的散話，如今又要一句連轉帶煞，豈不心有餘而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]贾政冷笑道：「你有多大本领！上头说了一句大开门的散话，如今又要一句连转带煞，岂不心有余而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nJiǎ Zhèng lěng xiàodào: “Nǐ yǒu duōdà běnlǐng! Shàngtóu shuō le yījù dà kāimén de sànhuà, rújīn yòu yào yījù lián zhuǎn dài shā, qǐbù xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú ne?” [Pinyin]\n(please add an English translation of this usage example)",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dream of the Red Chamber:\n賈政冷笑道：「你有多大本領！上頭說了一句大開門的散話，如今又要一句連轉帶煞，豈不心有餘而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]贾政冷笑道：「你有多大本领！上头说了一句大开门的散话，如今又要一句连转带煞，岂不心有余而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nJiǎ Zhèng lěng xiàodào: “Nǐ yǒu duōdà běnlǐng! Shàngtóu shuō le yījù dà kāimén de sànhuà, rújīn yòu yào yījù lián zhuǎn dài shā, qǐbù xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú ne?” [Pinyin]\n(please add an English translation of this usage example)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "心有餘而力不足",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak; to be unable to do what one wants very much to do; to have the ambition but lack the ability"
      ],
      "id": "en-心有餘而力不足-zh-phrase-nD2Vj5Ca",
      "links": [
        [
          "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak",
          "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
        ],
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "very much",
          "very much"
        ],
        [
          "ambition",
          "ambition"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
          "word": "心餘力絀／心余力绌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
          "word": "力不從心／力不从心"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
          "word": "心餘力絀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
          "word": "心余力绌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
          "word": "力不從心"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
          "word": "力不从心"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Dream of the Red Chamber"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ jau⁵ jyu⁴ ji⁴ lik⁶ bat¹ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsin¹ yu³-yü² êrh² li⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syīn yǒu-yú ér lì bù-dzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shin yeouyu erl lih butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "синь ююй эр ли буцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinʹ jujuj er li buczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sām yáuh yùh yìh lihk bāt jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ jau⁵ jy⁴ ji⁴ lik⁹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sem¹ yeo⁵ yu⁴ yi⁴ lig⁶ bed¹ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "心有餘而力不足"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "賈{Jiǎ} ^政 冷 笑-道：「你 有 多大 本領！上頭 說 了 一句 大 開門 的 散-話，如今 又 要 一句 連 轉 帶 煞{shā}，豈不 心有餘而力不足 呢？」",
        "2": "",
        "3": "WVC",
        "collapsed": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "賈政冷笑道：「你有多大本領！上頭說了一句大開門的散話，如今又要一句連轉帶煞，豈不心有餘而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]贾政冷笑道：「你有多大本领！上头说了一句大开门的散话，如今又要一句连转带煞，岂不心有余而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nJiǎ Zhèng lěng xiàodào: “Nǐ yǒu duōdà běnlǐng! Shàngtóu shuō le yījù dà kāimén de sànhuà, rújīn yòu yào yījù lián zhuǎn dài shā, qǐbù xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú ne?” [Pinyin]\n(please add an English translation of this usage example)",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dream of the Red Chamber:\n賈政冷笑道：「你有多大本領！上頭說了一句大開門的散話，如今又要一句連轉帶煞，豈不心有餘而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]贾政冷笑道：「你有多大本领！上头说了一句大开门的散话，如今又要一句连转带煞，岂不心有余而力不足呢？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nJiǎ Zhèng lěng xiàodào: “Nǐ yǒu duōdà běnlǐng! Shàngtóu shuō le yījù dà kāimén de sànhuà, rújīn yòu yào yījù lián zhuǎn dài shā, qǐbù xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú ne?” [Pinyin]\n(please add an English translation of this usage example)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "心有餘而力不足",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese four-character idioms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Mandarin usage examples"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak; to be unable to do what one wants very much to do; to have the ambition but lack the ability"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak",
          "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
        ],
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "very much",
          "very much"
        ],
        [
          "ambition",
          "ambition"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Dream of the Red Chamber"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ jau⁵ jyu⁴ ji⁴ lik⁶ bat¹ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsin¹ yu³-yü² êrh² li⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syīn yǒu-yú ér lì bù-dzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shin yeouyu erl lih butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "синь ююй эр ли буцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinʹ jujuj er li buczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sām yáuh yùh yìh lihk bāt jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ jau⁵ jy⁴ ji⁴ lik⁹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sem¹ yeo⁵ yu⁴ yi⁴ lig⁶ bed¹ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "word": "心餘力絀／心余力绌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
      "word": "力不從心／力不从心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "word": "心餘力絀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "word": "心余力绌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
      "word": "力不從心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
      "word": "力不从心"
    }
  ],
  "word": "心有餘而力不足"
}