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无力
无力
(wú lì): Powerless / impotent (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown
无 • wú • without • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
wú
无
without
力 • lì • strength, power, force • HSK 3.0 · L5
HSK 3.0 · L5
lì
力
strength, power, force
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 无力.
Words with
无
无法
wú fǎ
unable
无聊
wú liáo
bored; boring
无论
wú lùn
no matter what or how
无关
wú guān
unrelated
无奈
wú nài
cannot help but; have no alternative; have no choice
无效
wú xiào
not valid
无数
wú shù
innumerable; countless; myriad
无限
wú xiàn
unlimited
Words with
力
努力
nǔ lì
hardworking
力气
lì qi
strength
压力
yā lì
pressure
听力
tīng lì
hearing
能力
néng lì
skills; ability
巧克力
qiǎo kè lì
chocolate
人力
rén lì
manpower
体力
tǐ lì
physical strength
4.
How to Use 无力 in Sentences
Subject + Predicate
with
身心
shēn
身
xīn
心
wú
无
lì
力
neutral
physically and mentally exhausted
Adjective + Verb
with
改变
wú
无
lì
力
gǎi
改
biàn
变
Adjective + Noun
with
感
wú
无
lì
力
gǎn
感
neutral
Adverb + Adjective
with
非常
fēi
非
cháng
常
wú
无
lì
力
Verb + Object
with
感到
gǎn
感
dào
到
wú
无
lì
力
5.
Example Sentences with 无力
wǒ
我
tài
太
lèi
累
le
了
，
wú
无
lì
neutral
powerless to change
sense of powerlessness
neutral
extremely powerless
neutral
feel powerless
力
zǒu
走
lù
路
。
I'm too tired to walk.
miàn
面
duì
对
rú
如
cǐ
此
páng
庞
dà
大
de
的
zhài
债
wù
务
，
gōng
公
sī
司
guǎn
管
lǐ
理
céng
层
xiǎn
显
de
得
wán
完
quán
全
wú
无
lì
力
cháng
偿
huán
还
。
Faced with such enormous debts, the company's management appears completely powerless to repay them.
tā
他
bìng
并
fēi
非
wú
无
lì
力
fǎn
反
bó
驳
，
zhǐ
只
shì
是
xuǎn
选
zé
择
le
了
bǎo
保
chí
持
chén
沉
mò
默
。
He was not powerless to refute it; he simply chose to remain silent.
lián
连
xù
续
jiā
加
bān
班
hòu
后
，
tā
她
gǎn
感
dào
到
shēn
身
xīn
心
jù
俱
pí
疲
，
shèn
甚
zhì
至
wú
无
lì
力
sī
思
kǎo
考
。
After working consecutive overtime shifts, she felt physically and mentally exhausted, even powerless to think.
jǐn
尽
guǎn
管
tā
他
shì
试
tú
图
jiě
解
shì
释
，
dàn
但
nà
那
xiē
些
cāng
苍
bái
白
wú
无
lì
力
de
的
biàn
辩
jiě
解
háo
毫
wú
无
shuō
说
fú
服
lì
力
。
Although he tried to explain, those feeble and powerless justifications were utterly unconvincing.
