計窮智短
jì​qióng​zhì​duǎn

at one's wits' end

  • created sense approved 计穷智短/計窮智短 · jì​qióng​zhì​duǎn · at one's wits' end — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    计穷智短 / 計窮智短

    jì​qióng​zhì​duǎn

    at one's wits' end

    all strategies and ideas have been exhausted; completely out of options or tricks

    计 (literal) → 计/計 · jì · plan 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · to exhaust 智 (literal) → 智 · zhì · wisdom; wise 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · shallow

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

    created sense