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上天無路，入地無門
简 上天无路，入地无门 · 繁 上天無路，入地無門Mandarin · pinyin shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
Meanings
- 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
Characters in this entry
- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 無
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- 路
- lù · road, path, street; journey
- 入
- rù · enter, come in(to), join
- 地
- de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
- 門
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
- 门
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
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soeng5 tin1 mou4 lou6 ，jap6 dei6 mou4 mun4
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