"力不從心" meaning in 漢語

See 力不從心 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Kaohsiung], /li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Taibei], /li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwanese, general, IPA] Forms: 力不从心 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 心裡想做某事情,力量卻無法達到
    Sense id: zh-力不從心-zh-phrase-95pCubAc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 心有餘而力不足 (xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú) [Traditional-Chinese], 心有余而力不足 (xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú) [Simplified-Chinese], 心餘力絀 (xīnyúlìchù) [Traditional-Chinese], 心余力绌 (xīnyúlìchù) [Simplified-Chinese]
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「力」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「從」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「心」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
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      "name": "漢語詞元",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "力不从心",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "心裡想做某事情,力量卻無法達到"
      ],
      "id": "zh-力不從心-zh-phrase-95pCubAc"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìbùcóngxīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lik⁶ bat¹ cung⁴ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "le̍k-put-chiông-sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìbùcóngxīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìbùcóngsin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li⁴-pu⁴-tsʻung²-hsin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lì-bù-tsúng-syīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihbutsorngshin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "libucunsinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "либуцунсинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lik⁶ bat¹ cung⁴ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihk bāt chùhng sām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lik⁹ bat⁷ tsung⁴ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lig⁶ bed¹ cung⁴ sem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "le̍k-put-chiông-sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li̍k-put-tsiông-sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "legputciongsym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心有餘而力不足"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心有余而力不足"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心餘力絀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心余力绌"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "力不從心"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「力」的漢語詞",
    "帶「從」的漢語詞",
    "帶「心」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "力不从心",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "心裡想做某事情,力量卻無法達到"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìbùcóngxīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lik⁶ bat¹ cung⁴ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "le̍k-put-chiông-sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìbùcóngxīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìbùcóngsin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li⁴-pu⁴-tsʻung²-hsin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lì-bù-tsúng-syīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihbutsorngshin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "libucunsinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "либуцунсинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lik⁶ bat¹ cung⁴ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihk bāt chùhng sām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lik⁹ bat⁷ tsung⁴ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lig⁶ bed¹ cung⁴ sem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "le̍k-put-chiông-sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li̍k-put-tsiông-sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "legputciongsym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心有餘而力不足"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心有余而力不足"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心餘力絀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnyúlìchù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "心余力绌"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "力不從心"
}

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