山窮水盡
See also: 山穷水尽
Chinese
mountain; hill exhausted; poor water; river to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)trad. (山窮水盡) 山 窮 水 盡 simp. (山穷水尽) 山 穷 水 尽 Literally: “the mountains run bare, and the streams run dry”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
山窮水盡
- having no more options; at the end of one's rope