DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

欲振乏力

Mandarin · pinyin yù zhèn fá lì

to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

欲: yù · desire, want, long for; intend
振: zhèn · raise, excite, arouse action
乏: fá · lack; poor
力: lì · power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–2–4 · yu4 zhen4 fa2 li4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

欲振乏力 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

juk6 zan3 fat6 lik6

Cantonese word readings for 欲振乏力. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack