力不從心
Chinese
editpower; force; strength | not; no | from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried |
heart; mind | ||
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trad. (力不從心) | 力 | 不 | 從 | 心 | |
simp. (力不从心) | 力 | 不 | 从 | 心 | |
Literally: “strength does not follow the heart”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lik6 bat1 cung4 sam1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-put-chiông-sim
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lìbùcóngsin
- Wade–Giles: li4-pu4-tsʻung2-hsin1
- Yale: lì-bù-tsúng-syīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihbutsorngshin
- Palladius: либуцунсинь (libucunsinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lik6 bat1 cung4 sam1
- Yale: lihk bāt chùhng sām
- Cantonese Pinyin: lik9 bat7 tsung4 sam1
- Guangdong Romanization: lig6 bed1 cung4 sem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-put-chiông-sim
- Tâi-lô: li̍k-put-tsiông-sim
- Phofsit Daibuun: legputciongsym
- IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Idiom
edit力不從心
- to lack the ability to do what one wants; one's strength does not match one's ambitions; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
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