wú​fǎ​kě​shī

at a loss

  • created reference approved 无法可施/無法可施 → 一筹莫展/一籌莫展 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无法可施 / 無法可施 wú​fǎ​kě​shī

    一筹莫展 / 一籌莫展 yī​chóu​mò​zhǎn

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 无法可施/無法可施 · wú​fǎ​kě​shī · at a loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无法可施 / 無法可施

    wú​fǎ​kě​shī

    at a loss

    unable to do anything about a situation; at one's wits' end; having no way to handle a problem

    无法 (literal) → 无法/無法 · wú​fǎ · unable to 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 施 (literal) → 施 · shī · to carry out

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

    created sense