be unequal to one's task

be unequal to one's task

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ì B ù sh è NgR è n, which means the ability can not bear. It comes from the book of changes.

Idiom explanation

Competent: able to take on.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of changes, Xici Part 2: "virtue is weak but position is respected; knowledge is small but strategy is big; strength is small but responsibility is heavy, which is not enough."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: beyond one's power, powerless; antonym: within one's power

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as predicate and attribute; used in modesty. example if there is no limitation, it means that the talent is not competent, so we should withdraw the participation and avoid the delay of being attached to the inn. Lin Zexu, Qing Dynasty