今天的中文成语 - 力不从心

Let me know if I am wrong, but here is the Chinese version of " The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak."

今天的中文成语 - 力不从心

力不从心 - lìbùcóngxīn

力 - lì - strength power
从 - cóng - to follow, obey

Literal Meaning - the strength is not equal to the will.

Contemporary Meaning - the heart is willing but the flesh is weak.

力不从心 - lìbùcóngxīn - this idiom often describes doing things or sometimes on occasions of graciously declining to do something.

Example Sentences:

到下半场, 甲队已经力不从心。
Dào xiàbànchang3, jia3 duì yi3jīng lìbùcóngxīn。

对我来说, 这是一件力不从心的事。
Duì wo3 lái shuō, zhè shì yī jiàn lìbùcóngxīn de shì。

不是不肯定帮忙, 实在力不从心。
Bùshì bù kěndìng bāngmáng, shízài lìbùcóngxīn。