弹尽援绝 — Chinese idiom
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
Traditional: 彈盡援絕
Meaning
- out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements ; in desperate straits
Character by character
- 弹dànbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 援yuánto assist; to lead; to quote, to cite
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 弹丸之地 dàn wán zhī dì
- 弹冠相庆 tán guān xiāng qìng
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
- 弹尽粮绝 dàn jìn liáng jué
- 真枪实弹 zhēn qiāng shí dàn
- 老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán
- 旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán
- 荷枪实弹 hè qiāng shí dàn
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