走投無路
simp走投无路zau2 tau4 mou4 lou6zǒu tóu wú lù
English
- to be at an impasse (idiom)
- in a tight spot
- at the end of one's rope
- desperate
- to come to a dead end; to be helpless and hopeless; to have no way out
粵語 — Cantonese
- 無任何方法解決目前嘅問題;通常係解釋一個人點解做咗啲唔合理嘅事出嚟
Examples
我们被逼得走投无路了。
We were driven to the wall.
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佢爭落三十萬卡數,走投無路,走咗去自殺。
He had run up credit card debts of $300,000, came to a dead end and committed suicide.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk