一筹莫展

Traditional (Taiwan): 一籌莫展

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

yīchóumòzhǎn ㄧ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄢˇ

    • to be unable to find a solution
    • to be at wits' end

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