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Change log entry 67639
Processed by: richwarm (2019-07-05 21:46:26 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 64197 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
It's always easy to see X感 as a construct, but I'm submitting 无力感 because 无力 often refers to lack of physical strength, while 无力感 generally does not.
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Editor:
> "无力 often refers to lack of physical strength".

I think that's misleading. I'd suggest that it relatively *rarely* refers to lack of physical strength.
For example, searching my texts, I found nine examples of 无力 meaning "unable to ..." before I found one meaning "lacking the physical strength to ..."

unable:
馬上會陷入無力的漩渦而無法自拔;
憑一個小小的市府單位根本無力解決,
在家人無力照顧下,
在沒有暴君的時代裡,特務無力肆虐,
但銀行團也無力回天,
父母無力妥善教養孩子的家庭,
被工會批評為袒護主管、改革無力。
家人無力照顧的老人,
無力改善人們在非洲土地上的不當利用,

lacking strength:
因為年逾八旬,無力耕作,
Diff:
# 無力感 无力感 [wu2 li4 gan3] /feeling of powerlessness/sense of helplessness/
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