# 无能为力 (wúnéngwéilì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 无能为力 (wúnéngwéilì) means “powerless to help”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: powerless to help
- Pinyin: wúnéngwéilì (wu2 neng2 wei2 li4)
- Traditional: 無能為力
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这件事太复杂，我也无能为力。
  Zhè jiàn shì tài fùzá, wǒ yě wúnéngwéilì.
  This matter is too complicated; I am powerless to help too.

## Characters

- [无](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-without/) (wú): (literary) without; no, not
- [能](https://hanziro.com/word/neng-can/) (néng): can; to be able to
- [为](https://hanziro.com/word/wei-because/) (wèi): for; because of
- [力](https://hanziro.com/word/li-strength/) (lì): strength; power

https://hanziro.com/word/wu-neng-wei-li-powerless-help/

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