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

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• 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

1. to rely on human effort to save a difficult situation