穷途末路 — Chinese idiom
穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù
Traditional: 窮途末路
Meaning
- lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road ; an impasse
- in a plight with no way out
- things have reached a dead end
Character by character
- 穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 途túway, road, path, journey, course
- 末mòend, final, last; insignificant
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
Idioms sharing a character
- 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
- 图穷匕见 tú qióng bǐ xiàn
- 安富恤穷 ān fù xù qióng
- 层出不穷 céng chū bù qióng
- 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
- 后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng
- 日暮途穷 rì mù tú qióng
- 民穷财尽 mín qióng cái jìn
- 无穷无尽 wú qióng wú jìn
- 理屈词穷 lǐ qū cí qióng
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