- 力屈计穷 lìqūjìqióng at one's wits' endstrength exhausted and all schemes used up; to be at the end of one's rope with no more resources or ideas available
- 计穷力竭 jìqiónglìjié at the end of one's tetherto be at the end of one's rope or wits; one's schemes and physical strength are both exhausted
- 计穷智短 jìqióngzhìduǎn at one's wits' endall strategies and ideas have been exhausted; completely out of options or tricks
- 计穷虑极 jìqiónglǜjí at one's wits' endall strategies and ideas have been exhausted; to be in a state of total helplessness