力不胜任 — Chinese idiom
力不胜任
lì bù shèng rèn
Traditional: 力不勝任
Meaning
- not to be up to the task
- incompetent
Character by character
- 力lìstrength, power; capability, influence
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
- 任rènto trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, o
Idioms sharing a character
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
- 不遗余力 bù yí yú lì
- 全力以赴 quán lì yǐ fù
- 力不从心 lì bù cóng xīn
- 力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí
- 力挽狂澜 lì wǎn kuáng lán
- 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
- 力争上游 lì zhēng shàng yóu
- 力尽神危 lì jìn shén wēi
- 勉力而为 miǎn lì ér wéi
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