huí tiān fá shù

Traditional: 回天乏術

回天乏术 (huí tiān fá shù) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery

Characters in 回天乏术

回huí · to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around天tiān · day乏fá · short of术shù · method

Related words

天day回to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around回to curve回Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回variant of 迴|回[hui2]今天today回来to return; to come back明天tomorrow回家to return home回去to return回到to return to昨天yesterday

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