English–Chinese
“at a loss” in Chinese
Chinese
Pronunciation
Pinyinyī chóu mò zhǎn
Example
他试了很多办法，还是一筹莫展。tā shì le hěn duō bàn fǎ hái shì yì chóu mò zhǎn
He tried many ways, but was still at a loss.
How to say “at a loss” in Chinese
“At a loss” in Chinese is 一筹莫展 (yī chóu mò zhǎn).
Every attempted route fails, leaving a problem with no workable way forward.
Example sentences with 一筹莫展
项目陷入困境，经理一时一筹莫展。xiàng mù xiàn rù kùn jìng jīng lǐ yì shí yì chóu mò zhǎn
The project ran into trouble, and the manager was temporarily at a loss.
Tips for using 一筹莫展
- The idiom commonly takes a person, team, or organization as its subject, so it describes who is unable to respond rather than naming the difficult problem itself.