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无力

无力 (wú lì): Powerless / impotent (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

无力 consists of 2 characters.

strength, power, force

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Pinyinwú lì

MeaningPowerless / impotent

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word无力

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3.

How to Use 无力 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 无力 with other words naturally.

Subject + Predicatewith身心

shēn身

xīn心

wú无

lì力

neutral

physically and mentally exhausted

Adjective + Verbwith改变

wú无

lì力

gǎi改

biàn变

Adjective + Nounwith感

wú无

lì力

gǎn感

neutral

sense of powerlessness

Adverb + Adjectivewith非常

fēi非

cháng常

wú无

lì力

Verb + Objectwith感到

gǎn感

dào到

wú无

lì力

4.

Example Sentences with 无力

wǒ我

tài太

lèi累

le了

，

wú无

lì力

neutral

powerless to change

neutral

extremely powerless

neutral

feel powerless

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.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

jué觉

de得

，

miàn面

duì对

zhè这

zhǒng种

bù不

gōng公

，

wǒ我

men们

xiǎn显

de得

hěn很

wú无

lì力

ma吗

？

Don't you think we seem quite powerless in the face of such injustice?

tā他

shēng生

bìng病

le了

，

gǎn感

jué觉

quán全

shēn身

wú无

lì力

。

He is sick and feels weak all over.

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.

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努力nǔ lìHSK 3
力气lì qiHSK 4
压力yā lìHSK 4
听力tīng lìHSK 4
能力néng lìHSK 4
巧克力qiǎo kè lìHSK 4
人力rén lìHSK 5
体力

tǐ lì

HSK 5