没辙 méizhé at one's wit's end
at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out
How to remember 没辙: 没 not + 辙 track = at one's wit's end.
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How it is used
- 'At one's wit's end, no way out' - 拿他没辙 (ná tā méizhé) there's nothing I can do about him.
- 辙 = wheel rut/track; colloquial (esp. northern) for having no solution.
- Very spoken; near 没办法 (méi bànfǎ) but more idiomatic and helpless in tone.