| 无力回天 |
wú lì huí tiān |
(idiom) powerless to save the situation; unable to avert disaster |
| 无 |
mó |
used in 南无 |
| 无 |
wú |
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
| 无力 |
wú lì |
to lack strength; to feel weak / to lack the ability or power (to do sth) |
| 力 |
Lì |
surname Li |
| 力 |
lì |
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously |
| 回 |
Huí |
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) |
| 回 |
huí |
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 回天 |
huí tiān |
to reverse a desperate situation |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |