See 心有餘而力不足 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "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？」",
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"text": "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？」",
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"roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
"word": "心餘力絀／心余力绌"
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"roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
"word": "力不從心／力不从心"
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"zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
},
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"zh-pron": "sam¹ jau⁵ jyu⁴ ji⁴ lik⁶ bat¹ zuk¹"
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"zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
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"zh-pron": "sin yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
},
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"Wade-Giles"
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"zh-pron": "hsin¹ yu³-yü² êrh² li⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syīn yǒu-yú ér lì bù-dzú"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shin yeouyu erl lih butzwu"
},
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"zh-pron": "синь ююй эр ли буцзу"
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"zh-pron": "sinʹ jujuj er li buczu"
},
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"zh-pron": "sām yáuh yùh yìh lihk bāt jūk"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"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/",
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
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"word": "心有餘而力不足"
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"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 心",
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"roman": "Běn yuàn xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú, liáo bù cǐ kǔqiè zhī qíng yú ěr bǎixìng.",
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"roman": "Jiǎ Zhèng lěngxiào dào: “Nǐ yǒu duō dà běnlǐng! Shàngtou shuō le yī jù dà kāi mén de sǎn huà, rújīn yòu yào yī jù lián zhuǎn dài shā, qǐ bù xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú ne?”",
"tags": [
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"text": "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？」",
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"tags": [
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"text": "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？」",
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],
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"the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak",
"the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
],
[
"unable",
"unable"
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"do",
"do"
],
[
"want",
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[
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"zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
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"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
},
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"zh-pron": "sam¹ jau⁵ jyu⁴ ji⁴ lik⁶ bat¹ zuk¹"
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"zh-pron": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
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"zh-pron": "sin yǒuyú ér lì bùzú"
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"zh-pron": "hsin¹ yu³-yü² êrh² li⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syīn yǒu-yú ér lì bù-dzú"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shin yeouyu erl lih butzwu"
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"zh-pron": "синь ююй эр ли буцзу"
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"zh-pron": "sinʹ jujuj er li buczu"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "sām yáuh yùh yìh lihk bāt jūk"
},
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"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"
},
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"ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/"
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"ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ jiː²¹ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
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"roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
"word": "心餘力絀／心余力绌"
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"roman": "lìbùcóngxīn",
"word": "力不從心／力不从心"
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