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末路

Mandarin · pinyin mò lù

dead end; impasse
end of the road; final days

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末: mò · final, last, end; insignificant
路: lù · road, path, street; journey

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4–4 · mo4 lu4

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mut6 lou6

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noun

(literary) end of the road
(figurative) dead end; impasse; end
(literary) final period of a dynasty or a person's life; last days
(literary) last (in sequence)

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