爱莫能助 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 愛莫能助 àimònéngzhù ㄞˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄓㄨˋ unable to help however much one would like to (idiom) Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. My hands are tied. Character by character 爱(ài)love 莫(mò)surname Mo 能(néng)can 助(zhù)help A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0