上 天 无 路，入 地 无 门

shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú méndictionary entry

lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation

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上天無路，入地無門 上天无路，入地无门 [shang4 tian1 wu2 lu4 , ru4 di4 wu2 men2] /lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)/fig. to be at the end of one's rope/to be trapped in a hopeless situation/

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