created sense approved 上天无路，入地无门/上天無路，入地無門 · shàngtiānwúlùrùdìwúmén · to be trapped in a hopeless situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
上天无路，入地无门 / 上天無路，入地無門
shàngtiānwúlùrùdìwúmén
to be trapped in a hopeless situation
Literally "no road to heaven, no door into the earth"; to be at the end of one's rope with no way out of a desperate situation.
上天 (literal) → 上天 · shàngtiān · the sky 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road ， (non_chinese) 入地 (literal) → 入地 · rùdì · to sink into the ground 无门 (literal) → 无门/無門 · wúmén · no way out
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