回天无力

Traditional form:

回天無力

Pinyin (reading):

huítiānwúlì

Definitions:

• unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
• to fail to save the situation

Characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 力 - strength, power; capability, influence

Traditional characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 力 - strength, power; capability, influence