仰屋興嘆

yǎngwūxīngtàn

look up at the ceiling and sigh—be at the end of one's resources

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to stare at the ceiling in despair, to find no way out, nothing you can do about it, at the end of one's wits

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仰屋興嘆|仰屋兴叹 [yǎng wū xīng tàn] ► to stare at the ceiling in despair ► to find no way out ► nothing you can do about it ► at the end of one's wits