无能为力

無能為力
wúnéngwéilì
(idiom) powerless to do anything about it

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 无能 wúnéng
  1. incompetence
  2. inability
  3. incapable
  4. powerless
=2 为 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=2 为 wéi variant of 为 wéi
3 力 lì
  1. power
  2. force
  3. strength
  4. ability
  5. strenuously