穷途末路 in English qiong2 tu2 mo4 lu4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiomatic expression); an impasse
  • in a plight with no way out
  • things have reached a dead end

Simplified Characters

穷 途 末 路

Traditional Characters

窮 途 末 路

Pinyin

qiong2 tu2 mo4 lu4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

穷qiong2poor 途tu2way 末mo4tip 路lu4surname Lu