人力回天

Chinese

		manpower; human power; human strength	to save a desperate situation
simp. and trad. (人力回天)		人力	回天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénlìhuítiān

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ lik⁶ wui⁴ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénlìhuítiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénlìhuéitian
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-li⁴-hui²-tʻien¹
  - Yale: rén-lì-hwéi-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renlihhweitian
  - Palladius: жэньлихуэйтянь (žɛnʹlixuejtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ li⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ lik⁶ wui⁴ tin¹
  - Yale: yàhn lihk wùih tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ lik⁹ wui⁴ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ lig⁶ wui⁴ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ lɪk̚² wuːi̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

人力回天

to rely on human effort to save a difficult situation

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