山穷水尽

Traditional: 山窮水盡

shān qióng shuǐ jìn

Dictionary entry

mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line

What does 山穷水尽 mean?

山穷水尽 (shān qióng shuǐ jìn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line

2nowhere to go

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山Shānsurname Shan 穷qióngpoor · destitute 水Shuǐsurname Shui · Shui ethnic group 尽jǐnto the greatest extent · (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme

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山穷水尽

shān qióng shuǐ jìn

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