绝地

絕地

juédì

noun #10,154

Meanings

A place cut off from escape - a desperate situation.

他在绝地中找到了生路。

Tā zài juédì zhōng zhǎodào le shēnglù.

He found a way out of a desperate situation.

军队陷入了绝地。

Jūnduì xiànrù le juédì.

The army was trapped in a hopeless position.

usage

Often used in the phrase 绝地反击 (juédì fǎnjī) meaning 'to fight back from a hopeless situation' or 绝地逢生 (juédì féngshēng) 'to find life in a dead end.'

culture

Also used as the Chinese translation for 'Jedi' in Star Wars (绝地武士 juédì wǔshì).

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