死路一條
sǐ​lù​yī​tiáo

no way out

  • created sense approved 死路一条/死路一條 · sǐ​lù​yī​tiáo · no way out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    死路一条 / 死路一條

    sǐ​lù​yī​tiáo

    no way out

    to be at a dead end; to be doomed to failure or ruin

    死路 (literal) → 死路 · sǐ​lù · road to ruin 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 条 (literal) → 条/條 · tiáo · [long/narrow things]

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

    created sense