- 穷途末路 qióngtúmòlù at the end of one's rope(idiom) the end of the road; at an impasse or in a desperate situation with no way out
- 英雄末路 yīngxióngmòlù a hero at the end of their pathA person of great ability or talent reaching a point of total failure or an inescapable dead end
- 末路穷途 mòlùqióngtú at the end of one's ropeat one's wits' end or driven into an impasse; describes someone who has reached a dead end and has no hope of recovery
- 晚节末路 wǎnjiémòlù later period of old ageThe final years of one's life when very little time is left
- 末路之难 mòlùzhīnàn arduousness of the final stagethe difficulty of the final stretch of a journey, often used to express that the closer one gets to success, the harder the task becomes; based on the phrase [[行百里者半九十|行百里者半九十|xing2 bai3 li3 zhe3 ban4 jiu3 shi2]]
