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Home / Idiom / 走投无路

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

走投无路
zǒu tóu wú lù
IdiomHSK 7-9
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We were driven to the wall.
我们被逼得走投无路了。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line · nowhere to go山穷水尽shān qióng shuǐ jìnlit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse · in a plight with no way out · things have reached a dead end穷途末路qióng tú mò lùsunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline · at a dead end日暮途穷rì mù tú qióng(lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom) · (fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end无计可施wú jì kě shīlit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) · fig. to be at the end of one's rope · to be trapped in a hopeless situation上天无路，入地无门shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú ménbe in dire straits at home and abroad · beset with difficulties both at home and abroad · be plagued by troubles internally and externally · on the horns of a dilemma in internal and external affairs内外交困nèi wài jiāo kùn
Antonyms
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) · fig. to turn everything into gold · to have everything going one's way · to benefit from both sides左右逢源zuǒ yòu féng yuánto have one's wish fulfilled如愿以偿rú yuàn yǐ cháng
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