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日暮途窮
简 日暮途穷 · 繁 日暮途窮Mandarin · pinyin rì mù tú qióng
Meanings
- sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
- at a dead end
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4–4–2–2 · ri4 mu4 tu2 qiong2
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jat6 mou6 tou4 kung4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be in a very desperate situation and close to perishing
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