力不從心

Chinese

		power; force; strength	not; no	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	heart; mind
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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìbùcóngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ bat¹ cung⁴ sam¹
Min Nan (POJ): le̍k-put-chiông-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lìbùcóngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihbutsorngshin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìbùcóngsin
  - IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lik⁶ bat¹ cung⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: lihk bāt chùhng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ bat⁷ tsung⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ bed¹ cung⁴ sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-put-chiông-sim
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-put-tsiông-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: legputciongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪk̚²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/

Idiom

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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