末路

mòlù

noun #24,246

Meanings

1 dead end
2 impasse
3 final days
4 end of the road

Characters

end / tip / final

Examples

HSK 6

这个政权已经走到了末路。

Zhège zhèngquán yǐjīng zǒu dào le mòlù.

This regime has reached the end of the road.

HSK 7-9

穷途末路的歹徒最终向警察投降。

Qióngtú-mòlù de dǎitú zuìzhōng xiàng jǐngchá tóuxiáng.

The desperate criminal finally surrendered to the police.

Tips

usage

末路 often appears in the idiom 穷途末路 meaning 'at the end of one's rope / with no way out', describing someone completely cornered or desperate.

Stroke Order

末 mò

路 lù