山窮水盡

See also: 山穷水尽

Chinese

		mountain; hill	exhausted; poor	water; river	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
trad. (山窮水盡)		山	窮	水	盡
simp. (山穷水尽)		山	穷	水	尽
Literally: “the mountains run bare, and the streams run dry”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānqióngshuǐjìn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ kung⁴ seoi² zeon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shānqióngshuǐjìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchyongshoeijinn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ kung⁴ seoi² zeon⁶
  - Yale: sāan kùhng séui jeuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ kung⁴ soey² dzoen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ kung⁴ sêu² zên⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡ɕɵn²²/

Idiom

山窮水盡

having no more options; at the end of one's rope

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