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To be unable to find a solution in Chinese: 一筹莫展 (yī chóu mò zhǎn)

yī chóu mò zhǎn

to be unable to find a solution

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 一籌莫展1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to be unable to find a solution
  2. 2to be at wits' end

Stroke order

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一
筹
莫
展

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄔㄡˊ

chóu

ㄔ/ chㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄛˋ

mò

ㄇ/ mㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄢˇ

zhǎn

ㄓ/ zhㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

一筹莫展

Simplified

一籌莫展

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 面对这个难题，大家都一筹莫展。

    miàn duì zhè ge nán tí， dà jiā dōu yì chóu mò zhǎn。

    Faced with this hard problem, everyone was at their wits' end.

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Related words

一

yī

one

筹

chóu

chip (in gambling)

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

发展

fā zhǎn

development

一切

yī qiè

everything

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