上天无路，入地无门
shàng​tiān​wú​lù​rù​dì​wú​mén

to be trapped in a hopeless situation

  1. 上天 shàng​tiān
    the sky
    the sky above or the heavens
  2. 无 無 wú adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  3. 路 lù noun
    road
    road; path; way; route
  4. ， rù
    non-Chinese
  5. 入地 rù​dì
    to sink into the ground
    To sink below the surface of the earth; to be buried deep in the ground
  6. 无门 無門 wú​mén
    no way out
    to have no way or means of solving a problem; to find all doors closed