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山窮水盡

shānqióngshuǐjìn

ㄕㄢ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

Simplified 山穷水尽

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

山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村。

shānqióngshuǐjìn yí wú lù liǔànhuāmíng yòu yì cūn

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Keep 山窮水盡 and it comes back until you know it.

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