trí cùng lực kiệt

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === chí cùng lực kiệt === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 智窮力竭 (“exhausted; at the end of one's rope”). Compare 窮竭 / 穷竭 (qióngjié, “to exhaust”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ kʊwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨk̚˧˨ʔ kiət̚˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩˦ kʊwŋ͡m˦˩ lɨk̚˨˩ʔ kiək̚˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˦˥ kʊwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨk̚˨˩˨ kiək̚˨˩˨] === Adjective === trí cùng lực kiệt (literary) stumped and exhausted; at a loss as to what to do; at one's wits' end; at the end of one's rope