走投无路 — Chinese idiom
走投无路
zǒu tóu wú lù
Traditional: 走投無路
Meaning
- to be at an impasse
- in a tight spot
- at the end of one's rope
- desperate
Character by character
- 走zǒuto walk, to run, to flee
- 投tóuto pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
Idioms sharing a character
- 人走茶凉 rén zǒu chá liáng
- 奔走相告 bēn zǒu xiāng gào
- 东奔西走 dōng bēn xī zǒu
- 笔走龙蛇 bǐ zǒu lóng shé
- 行尸走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu
- 走桃花运 zǒu táo huā yùn
- 走马上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn
- 走马看花 zǒu mǎ kàn huā
- 走马章台 zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
- 走马观花 zǒu mǎ guān huā
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