回天乏術 [－－－术]

Jyutping wui4 tin1 fat6 seot6
Pinyin huí tiān fá shù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    即使​可以​扭轉​天​嘅​運​行​方向​都​冇​辦法​（​解救​）​，​比喻​情形​嚴重​而​無法​挽救​；​神仙​都​難救
    unable to save the situation
    • 佢已經失去意識，回天乏術。
      佢已经失去意识，回天乏术。
      keoi5 ji5 ging1 sat1 heoi3 ji3 sik1, wui4 tin1 fat6 seot6.
      He's been unconscious. Nothing can save him now.
  2. 近義詞
    返魂乏術
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢已经失去意识，回天乏术。
    佢已經失去意識，回天乏術。
    keoi5 ji5 ging1 sat1 heoi3 ji3 sik1, wui4 tin1 fat6 seot6.
    • He's been unconscious. Nothing can save him now.
  2. Cantonese
    回天乏术
    回天乏術
    • unable to save the situation