一筹莫展 meaning in English
to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
Meaning of 一筹莫展
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yīchóumòzhǎn
- to be unable to find a solution
- to be at wits' end
Stroke order for each character
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一 yī · one · 1 strokes
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筹 chóu · chip · 13 strokes
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莫 mò · cannot · 10 strokes
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展 zhǎn · to open · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 一筹莫展.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 有一些 | yǒuyīxiē | somewhat; rather |
| 一定 | yīdìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一直 | yīzhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
Questions about 一筹莫展
What does 一筹莫展 mean?
一筹莫展 (yīchóu-mòzhǎn) means "to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end".
How do you write 一筹莫展?
一筹莫展 is made of 4 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 筹 (13 strokes), 莫 (10 strokes), 展 (10 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.
Is 一筹莫展 an HSK word?
Yes. 一筹莫展 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 一筹莫展 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 一筹莫展 is written 一籌莫展.