回天无力 (huí tiān mó) — unable to reverse a hopeless situation; powerless to save the day
Definition
A four-character idiom meaning 'powerless to turn things around' in an already hopeless situation. More literary and final than simple 'cannot' — implies a desperate, last-ditch effort that has failed.
verb
unable to reverse a hopeless situationpowerless to save the day
Examples
- ，，回天无力。Gōng sī yǐ jīng fù zhài lěi lěi, guǎn lǐ céng suī rán nǔ lì bǔ jiù, dàn zhōng jiū huí tiān mó.The company was already deep in debt; management tried hard to save it but ultimately could not turn things around.
- ，回天无力。Bìng qíng dào le zhè ge jiē duàn, zài xiān jìn de yī liáo shǒu duàn yě huí tiān mó le.At this stage of the illness, even the most advanced medical treatment is powerless.
- ，回天无力。Miàn duì zhè chǎng zāi nàn, rèn hé gè rén de nǔ lì dōu xiǎn de huí tiān mó.Facing this disaster, any individual effort seems futile.
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