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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 回天乏术
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 回天乏术 | huí tiān - fá shù | - (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 43,553 | 89,872 | 85,476 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 回 | huí | - to circle - to go back - to turn around - to answer - to return - to revolve - Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) - time - classifier for acts of a play - section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 回 | huí | - to curve - to return - to revolve |
| 回 | huí | - variant of 迴|回[hui2] |
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 乏 | fá | - short of - tired |
| 术 | shù | - method - technique |
| 术 | zhú | - various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea |
Other Words Containing 回天乏术
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 回天乏术 | - | - | 43,553 | 89,872 | 85,476 |