zou3
tou2
wu2
lu4
  1. to be at an impasse (idiom)
  2. in a tight spot
  3. at the end of one's rope
  4. desperate

Characters

  • 走 (走): to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
  • 投 (投): to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
  • 无 (無): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
  • 路 (路): surname Lu

Resources

Examples

我们被逼得走投无路了。

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