一筹莫展 (yī chóu mò zhǎn) | Meaning: to be unable to find a solution | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis束手无策shù shǒu wú cè

to wait helplessly for death (idiom) · to resign oneself to extinction束手待毙shù shǒu dài bì

be in dire straits at home and abroad · beset with difficulties both at home and abroad · be plagued by troubles internally and externally · on the horns of a dilemma in internal and external affairs内外交困nèi wài jiāo kùn

mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line · nowhere to go山穷水尽shān qióng shuǐ jìn

lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) · fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)焦头烂额jiāo tóu làn é

unable to; incapable of无法wú fǎ

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

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