yǎng​wū​xīng​tàn

to find no way out

  • created reference approved 仰屋兴叹/仰屋興嘆 → 仰屋窃叹/仰屋竊嘆 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仰屋兴叹 / 仰屋興嘆 yǎng​wū​xīng​tàn

    仰屋窃叹 / 仰屋竊嘆 yǎng​wū​qiè​tàn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 仰屋兴叹/仰屋興嘆 → 对天长叹/對天長嘆 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仰屋兴叹 / 仰屋興嘆 yǎng​wū​xīng​tàn

    对天长叹 / 對天長嘆 duì​tiān​cháng​tàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 仰屋兴叹/仰屋興嘆 → 长吁短叹/長吁短嘆 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仰屋兴叹 / 仰屋興嘆 yǎng​wū​xīng​tàn

    长吁短叹 / 長吁短嘆 cháng​xū​duǎn​tàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 仰屋兴叹/仰屋興嘆 · yǎng​wū​xīng​tàn · to find no way out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仰屋兴叹 / 仰屋興嘆

    yǎng​wū​xīng​tàn

    to find no way out

    to stare at the ceiling and sigh in despair; to be at the end of one's wits with no solution to a problem

    仰屋 (literal) → 仰屋 · yǎng​wū · to be at one's wits' end 兴叹 (literal) → 兴叹/興嘆 · xīng​tàn · to heave a sigh

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense