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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-06-19 / 12:01PM

Hi Benny,

Can you please tell me what does “回天有术”, “回天之术”, and “回天无术” means and what is the difference among them?

Thanks!

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-06-19 / 02:11PM

Hi Lee Kong, those are very very old phrases:

1. 回天有术 = There is still a chance/ way/ solution to help….

2. 回天无术 = There is no way/ chance/ solution to …. (it literally means even the god can’t help)

3. 回天之术 = the magic to save the god

Benny



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