力不胜任 — Chinese idiom

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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