回天乏術
huí​tiān​fá​shù

beyond recovery

  • created sense approved 回天乏术/回天乏術 · huí​tiān​fá​shù · beyond recovery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    回天乏术 / 回天乏術

    huí​tiān​fá​shù

    beyond recovery

    (idiom) unable to save a situation; describes a state of affairs or a medical condition that has become so serious that nothing can be done to remedy it

    回天 (literal) → 回天 · huí​tiān · to save a desperate situation 乏术 (literal) → 乏术/乏術 · fá​shù · to lack methods

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense