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死路一条

sǐ lù yī tiáodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-fa1220560106c0cb. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

死路一條 死路一条 [si3 lu4 yi1 tiao2] /(idiom) dead end/road to ruin/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 死路一條

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

  • 路
    lù

    road (CL:條|条[tiáo]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind

    Lù

    surname Lu

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 条
    tiáo

    strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.