走 投 无 路

zǒutóu-wúlù

Meaning

to be at an impasse (idiom)
in a tight spot
at the end of one's rope

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desperate

Example

我们被逼得走投无路了。

We were driven to the wall.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zǒuHSK 17 strokesto walk tóuHSK 47 strokesto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)wúHSK 44 strokesnot to have lùHSK 113 strokesroad

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