一籌莫展

Simplified: 一筹莫展

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

Character by character

Sources