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无计可施

wújìkěshī

lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom)

2 meanings#26069

MEANING2 meanings

壹形adjective
lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom)
- 。
  He has run out of ideas and doesn't know what to do anymore.
貳形adjective
fig. to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
- 。
  He has run out of ideas and can do nothing more.

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无计可施

Traditional無計可施

wújìkěshī

lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom)

2 meanings#26069

MEANING2 meanings

壹形adjective
lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom)
- 。
  He has run out of ideas and doesn't know what to do anymore.
貳形adjective
fig. to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
- 。
  He has run out of ideas and can do nothing more.

解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

无

一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.

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