山穷水尽

shān qióng shuǐ jìn

Rare

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 山穷水尽

to the greatest extent

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

water

to use up

poor