[ xīnyǒuyúérlìbùzú ] the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.; willing but unable; more than willing but lacking the power to; unable to do what one wants very much to do; one's ability falls short of one's wishes
Example Sentences:
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Try as i would, i could do no better . 我心有余而力不足。
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You must take the will for the deed 我是心有余而力不足啊。请你务必体谅我这苦衷。
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I could never crack that sadness there 我是心有余而力不足啊
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She is willing , yet unable 她心有余而力不足。
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David , i ' d like to help you but my spirit is willing , my flesh is weak 大卫，我也很想帮助你，但我实在是心有余而力不足。
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It ' s not that he doesn ' t like to help , but that the spirit is willing , but the flesh is weak 他不是不愿意帮助你，而是他心有余而力不足。
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It ' s not that he doesn ' t like to help , but that the spirit is willing , but the flesh is week 他不是不愿意帮助你，而是他心有余而力不足。
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As far as traditional litigation pattern , it is too old to adapt new condition 面对“小额多数”这类现代纠纷，传统的单一诉讼形式已心有余而力不足。
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It was a long time not upgrade here , i want but i can ' t . i don ' t have that time because near the exams period 许久没有更新了，非不欲，乃不能也。心有余而力不足，力有余而时不足也。
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Let what may remain of revolutionary sap exhaust itself and die away with the old trunk , and condescend only to regard the young shoot which has started up at a distance from the parent tree , without having the power , any more than the wish , to separate entirely from the stock from which it sprung . 在一棵老树上还残余着点革命的液汁，就让它随着枯萎的老树干一起去干枯吧，至于那些新生的丫枝，它生长的地方离主干已隔开了一段距离，它很想和主干完全脱离关系，只是心有余而力不足罢了。 ”
