灵感 靈感 líng gǎn inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor 出名 chū míng well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 没戏 沒戲 méi xì (coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless syn 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shí irremediable / unmanageable / out of hand / hopeless 无望 無望 wú wàng without hope / hopeless / without prospects 病入膏肓 bìng rù gāo huāng lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) / fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless syn 奋进 奮進 fèn jìn to advance bravely / to endeavor syn 没治 沒治 méi zhì hopeless / helpless / incurable / fantastic / out of this world 缘起 緣起 yuán qǐ to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor syn 不可救药 不可救藥 bù kě jiù yào incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless syn 无往不利 無往不利 wú wǎng bù lì (idiom) to be successful in every endeavor syn 徒劳无益 徒勞無益 tú láo wú yì futile endeavor (idiom) syn 死棋 sǐ qí dead piece (in Chess) / stupid move / hopeless case syn 大厦将倾 大廈將傾 dà shà jiāng qīng great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom) / hopeless situation syn 付之一叹 付之一歎 fù zhī yī tàn to dismiss with a sigh (idiom) / a hopeless case 壹败涂地 壹敗塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position 进退失据 進退失據 jìn tuì shī jù no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / at a loss / in a hopeless situation 水中捞月 水中撈月 shuǐ zhōng - lāo yuè lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / fig. a hopeless endeavor syn 奋进号 奮進號 fèn jìn hào Space Shuttle Endeavor 戳力 chuō lì to work toward / to endeavor / an attempt 此道 cǐ dào such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor 殚力 殫力 dān lì to strive / endeavor 跨刀 kuà dāo to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it 联合努力行动 聯合努力行動 Operation Joint Endeavor 主创 主創 zhǔ chuàng to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director) 跨界 kuà jiè to go beyond the border / to be transboundary / (fig.) to transition to a new field of endeavor / to be interdisciplinary 没救 沒救 méi jiù hopeless / incurable 无法挽救 無法挽救 wú fǎ wǎn jiù incurable / no way of curing / hopeless 破碗破摔 pò wǎn pò shuāi lit. to smash a cracked pot / fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily 误上贼船 誤上賊船 wù shàng zéi chuán lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure 扶不起的阿斗 扶不起的阿鬥 fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu weak and inept person / hopeless case 上天无路，入地无门 上天無路，入地無門 shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation 死局 sǐ jú hopeless situation / deadlock 回天无力 回天無力 huí tiān wú lì unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) / to fail to save the situation 绝处逢生 絕處逢生 jué chù féng shēng to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless (idiom) syn 不可收拾 bù kě - shōu shi (idiom) irremediable / unmanageable / out of hand / hopeless 