走投无路 / 走投無路

zǒu​tóu​wú​lù

at the end of one's rope

to be at an impasse; to be in a desperate situation with no way out or no one to turn to (note: avoid miswriting [[投|投|tou2]] as [[头|頭|tou2]])

走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · to walk 投 (literal) → 投 · tóu · to join 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM