扶不起的阿斗

fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu

weak and inept person

hopeless case

to support with the hand

no; not so

to rise

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

ā

abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

dǒu

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]