爱 愛
莫 莫
能 能
助 助
- unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.
- My hands are tied.
Info
- Wiktionary: 爱莫能助
- MDBG: 爱莫能助
- Examples with 爱莫能助 on Tatoeba
- Percentile: 25 (higher is more common)
- Tags: chengyu