心有余，力不足
Traditional form:
心有餘，力不足
Pinyin (reading):
xīnyǒuyú,lìbùzú
Definitions:
- The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).
- I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
- The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Characters:
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 余 - surplus, remainder; surname
- 力 - strength, power; capability, influence
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 足 - foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
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