断港绝潢 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to be unable to continue
• to come to a dead end

Character by character

• 断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 港gǎngport, harbor, bay; Hong Kong
• 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 潢huángpond, lake

Idioms sharing a character

• 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
• 伤筋断骨 shāng jīn duàn gǔ
• 割袍断义 gē páo duàn yì
• 多谋善断 duō móu shàn duàn
• 应机立断 yìng jī lì duàn
• 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú
• 接连不断 jiē lián bù duàn
• 断壁残垣 duàn bì cán yuán
• 断章取义 duàn zhāng qǔ yì
• 断袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ

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