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)
Can't do anything
mastermind with painstaking effort - kǔ xīn jīng yíng
have not yet found openings to exploit - wú xì kě chéng
If you know horsepower from afar, you will see people's heart for a long time - lù yáo zhī mǎ lì,shì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn
a worthless person in imposing attire - mù hóu yī guàn