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無計可施

简 无计可施 · 繁 無計可施
Mandarin · pinyin wú jì kě shī

Meanings

  1. (lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
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無
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計
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可
kě · may, can, -able; possibly
施
shī · grant, bestow; give; act; name
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
计
jì · plan, plot; stratagem; scheme
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2–4–3–1 · wu2 ji4 ke3 shi1

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mou4 gai3 ho2 si1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) at a loss as to what to do; at one's wits' end; at the end of one's tether

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無計可施 · wu2 ji4 ke3 shi1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 70,164
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Exact source record無計可施 无计可施 [wu2 ji4 ke3 shi1] /(lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom)/(fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end/