山穷水尽 in English shan1 qiong2 shui3 jin4 Meaning

Meanings

  • mountain and river exhausted (idiomatic expression); at the end of the line
  • nowhere to go

Simplified Characters

山 穷 水 尽

Traditional Characters

山 窮 水 盡

Pinyin

shan1 qiong2 shui3 jin4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

山shan1surname Shan 穷qiong2poor 水shui3surname Shui 尽jin3to the greatest extent