· Zidian ·Learn ·Pinyin ·HSK ·Quiz ·Radicals
中文 Sheets
My Favorites
No favorites yet
History
No history yet
Home / Idiom / 在劫难逃

there is no escape from fate · it is fate, and cannot be avoided · if you're doomed, you're doomed · impossible to escape

在劫难逃
zài jié nán táo
z+ài·4th tonej+ié·2nd tonen+án·2nd tonet+áo·2nd tone
Idiom
New to Chinese?Start with pinyin·See the learning path
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.劫数难逃jié shù nán táoto sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate坐以待毙zuò yǐ dài bìmountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line · nowhere to go山穷水尽shān qióng shuǐ jìn
Antonyms
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign洪福齐天hóng fú qí tiān