Can't do anything
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is j í B ù K ě w é I, which means that the disease is incurable and the metaphor is desperate. From Zuozhuan, ten years of Chenggong.
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The disease is incurable. disease: disease; for: treatment.
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It comes from Zuozhuan, the tenth year of Chenggong: "it's impossible to do something. On the blind, under the ointment, it is impossible to attack, it is impossible to reach, it is impossible to cure, it is impossible to do. " Qiaoniang said, "I can't do anything. My soul has left." (strange tales from a lonely studio, Qiao Niang, by Pu Songling, Qing Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : jí bù kě wéi
Can't do anything
appear to be tough outwardly , be timid inwardly. sè lì nèi rěn
Success is king, failure is thief. chéng zé wéi wáng,bài zé wéi zéi
a man who loses position and influence may be subjected to much indignity. hǔ luò píng chuān
Highly talented and knowledgeable. gāo cái zhuó shí
golden boy and jade girl -- immortal boy and girl in waiting of a divine house. jīn tóng yù nǚ