無能為力

无能为力
wúnéngwéilì
(idiom) powerless to do anything about it

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 無能 wúnéng
  1. incompetence
  2. inability
  3. incapable
  4. powerless
2 為 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)
3 力 lì
  1. power
  2. force
  3. strength
  4. ability
  5. strenuously