走投无路走投無路 zǒu tóu wú lù — to be at an impasse (idiom)
zǒu (third tone, dipping) tóu (second tone, rising) wú (second tone, rising) lù (fourth tone, falling)zou3 tou2 wu2 lu4
Traditional: 走投無路
to be at an impasse (idiom)
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardexpression
Meanings
to be at an impasse (idiom)
to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
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Character breakdown
Words containing 走
- 走zǒu (third tone, dipping)to walk, to go on foot
- 走路zǒu (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)to walk
- 走过走過zǒu (third tone, dipping) guò (fourth tone, falling)to walk past
- 走廊zǒu (third tone, dipping) láng (second tone, rising)corridor
- 拿走ná (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to take away
- 行走xíng (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to walk
- 走私zǒu (third tone, dipping) sī (first tone, high and level)to smuggle
- 逃走táo (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to escape
- 走开走開zǒu (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to leave
- 走进走進zǒu (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to enter
- 走近zǒu (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to approach
- 出走chū (first tone, high and level) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to leave home
- 走后门走後門zǒu (third tone, dipping) hòu (fourth tone, falling) mén (second tone, rising)lit. to enter by the back door
- 走漏zǒu (third tone, dipping) lòu (fourth tone, falling)to leak (of information
- 走过场走過場zǒu (third tone, dipping) guò (fourth tone, falling) chǎng (third tone, dipping)to go through the motions
- 走弯路走彎路zǒu (third tone, dipping) wān (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)to take an indirect route
- 东奔西走東奔西走dōng (first tone, high and level) bēn (first tone, high and level) xī (first tone, high and level) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
Words containing 路
- 路lù (fourth tone, falling)road, way
- 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
- 道路dào (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)road
- 公路gōng (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)highway
- 一路yī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)the whole journey
- 路线路線lù (fourth tone, falling) xiàn (fourth tone, falling)itinerary
- 线路線路xiàn (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)(electricity) line; circuit; wire
- 路过路過lù (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass by or through
- 铁路鐵路tiě (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)railroad
- 走路zǒu (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)to walk
- 马路馬路mǎ (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)street
- 思路sī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)line of thought; way of thinking
- 路边路邊lù (fourth tone, falling) biān (first tone, high and level)curb; roadside; wayside
- 路口lù (fourth tone, falling) kǒu (third tone, dipping)crossing
- 出路chū (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)a way out (of a difficulty etc)
- 路程lù (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)route
- 一路上yī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)along the way
- 路人lù (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising)passer-by