without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges
trad. 無路可退
Also written 無路可退【wú lù kě tuì】
Characters in this word
4无
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
路
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 725 of 2500
可
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
退
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to retreat; to withdraw, to reject; to return (sth), to decline
- Pinyin
- tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3835 of 2500