山穷水尽

shān qióng shuǐ jìn

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Definitions

  1. 1. mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2. nowhere to go

Child Words of 山穷水尽

尽
jǐn

to the greatest extent

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

水
shuǐ

water

尽
jìn

to use up

穷
qióng

poor