绝路

絕路

juélù

noun #14,239

Measure Word

一条绝路 tiáo

Meanings

1 dead end
2 road to ruin
3 hopeless situation

Characters

to cut off; desperate

Examples

不要把人逼上绝路。

Bùyào bǎ rén bī shàng juélù.

Don't push someone into a hopeless situation.

他觉得自己已经走到了绝路。

Tā juéde zìjǐ yǐjīng zǒu dào le juélù.

He felt he had reached a dead end.

Tips

usage

Often used figuratively for a hopeless situation rather than a literal dead-end street. Common phrase: 逼上绝路 (force onto a dead end).

Stroke Order

绝 jué

路 lù