手无缚鸡之力

Traditional form:

手無縛雞之力

Pinyin (reading):

shǒuwúfùjīzhīlì

Definitions:

• lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom)
• fig. weak
• unaccustomed to physical work

Characters:

• 手 - hand
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 缚 - to tie, to bind
• 鸡 - chicken
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 力 - strength, power; capability, influence

Traditional characters:

• 手 - hand
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 縛 - to tie, to bind
• 雞 - chicken
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 力 - strength, power; capability, influence