山穷水尽

See also: 山窮水盡

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 山穷水尽 – see 山窮水盡 (“the mountains run bare, and the streams run dry; having no more options; being at the end of one's rope; extremely desperate and hopeless”). (This term is the simplified form of 山窮水盡).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.