死胡同 (sǐ hú tòng) — blind alley; dead-end street; (figurative) dead end; impasse; hopeless situation
Definition
Literal 'dead end' for a street or path with no exit. The figurative sense ('hopeless situation, impasse') maps closely to the English idiom 'dead end'.
noun
blind alleydead-end street(figurative) dead endimpassehopeless situation
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Examples
- 死胡同，。Zhè tiáo lù shì gè sǐ hú tòng, kāi bú jìn qù.This road is a dead end — you can't drive in.
- ，死胡同。Zài zhè yàng xià qù, wǒ men de xiàng mù huì zǒu jìn sǐ hú tòng.If we keep going like this, our project will hit a dead end.
- 死胡同。Tā jué de zì jǐ de rén shēng yǐ jīng zǒu jìn le sǐ hú tòng.He feels his life has reached a dead end.
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