上天無路，入地無門

Chinese
Heaven; God; the sky above not have road; path; way to enter
 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 not have
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (上天無路，入地無門) 上天 無 路 ， 入 地 無 門
simp. (上天无路，入地无门) 上天 无 路 ， 入 地 无 门
Literally: “there is no road to heaven and no door into the earth”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàngtiānwúlù, rùdìwúmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄖㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng5 tin1 mou4 lou6, jap6 dei6 mou4 mun4

Idiom

上天無路，入地無門

  1. no way of escape; in desperate straits; in a desperate situation; at the end of the line
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