山窮水盡
shān​qióng​shuǐ​jìn

at the end of one's rope

  • created reference approved 山穷水尽/山窮水盡 → 山重水复/山重水複 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    山穷水尽 / 山窮水盡 shān​qióng​shuǐ​jìn

    山重水复 / 山重水複 shān​chóng​shuǐ​fù

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 山穷水尽/山窮水盡 · shān​qióng​shuǐ​jìn · at the end of one's rope — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    山穷水尽 / 山窮水盡

    shān​qióng​shuǐ​jìn

    at the end of one's rope

    (idiom) mountains and rivers are exhausted; used to describe being at the end of the line or in a desperate situation with nowhere to go

    山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · to exhaust 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to use up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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