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心有余而力不足

xīnyǒuyúérlìbùzú

Traditional: 心有餘而力不足

The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

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