张天师被鬼降住，无法可施張天師被鬼降住，無法可施張天師被鬼降住，無法可施

Heavenly Master Zhang is subdued by a ghost: no method to use

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes being at wits' end, with every approach exhausted.
Wordplay: 法 (fǎ) means a magic art, and also a method or way out.

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Simplified: 张天师被鬼降住，无法可施
Traditional (Taiwan): 張天師被鬼降住，無法可施
Pinyin: Zhāngtiānshī bèi guǐ xiáng zhù, wúfǎkěshī
Pinyin (Taiwan): Zhāngtiānshī bèi guǐ jiàng zhù, wúfǎkěshī
Bopomofo: ㄓㄤㄊㄧㄢㄕㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄨˋ，ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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