手无缚鸡之力

shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì

Definitions

1. lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom)
2. fig. weak
3. unaccustomed to physical work

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Child Words of 手无缚鸡之力

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

power

hand

not to have

fowl

to bind