回天乏术 — Chinese idiom
回天乏术
huí tiān fá shù
Traditional: 回天乏術
Meaning
- nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery
Character by character
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 乏fápoor; short, lacking; tired
- 术shùskill, art; method, technique; trick
Idioms sharing a character
- 回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ
- 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
- 回禄之灾 Huí lù zhī zāi
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
- 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
- 有去无回 yǒu qù wú huí
- 浪子回头 làng zǐ huí tóu
- 无力回天 wú lì huí tiān
- 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng
- 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé
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