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[窮途末路] qióngtúmòlù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
in a plight with no way out
things have reached a dead end

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        qióng, [窮], poor/destitute/to use up/to exhaust/thoroughly/extremely/(coll.) persistently an...
        qióngrén, [窮人], poor people/the poor
        pínqióng, [貧窮], poor/impoverished
        wúqióng, [無窮], endless/boundless/inexhaustible
        qióngkùn, [窮困], destitute/wretched poverty
        qióngguāngdàn, [窮光蛋], poor wretch/pauper/destitute man/poverty-stricken peasant/penniless good-for-not...
        
        qióngkǔ, [窮苦], impoverished/destitute
        wúqióngwújìn, [無窮無盡], endless/boundless/infinite
        
        
        
        Qiánlǘjìqióng, [黔驢技窮], to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
        qióngjìn, [窮盡], to use up/to exhaust/to probe to the bottom/limit/end
        céngchūbùqióng, [層出不窮], more and more emerge/innumerable succession/breeding like flies (idiom)
        
        
        
        qióngxiāngpìrǎng, [窮鄉僻壤], a remote and desolate place
        shānqióngshuǐjìn, [山窮水盡], mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line/nowhere to go
        qílèwúqióng, [其樂無窮], boundless joy
        huíwèiwúqióng, [回味無窮], leaving a rich aftertaste/(fig.) memorable/lingering in memory
        yīqióngèrbái, [一窮二白], impoverished/backward both economically and culturally
        qióngzhuī, [窮追], to pursue relentlessly
        qióngguó, [窮國], poor country
        kūqióng, [哭窮], to bewail one's poverty/to complain about being hard up/to pretend to be poor
        
        hòuhuànwúqióng, [後患無窮], it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
        wúqióngxiǎo, [無窮小], infinitesimal (in calculus)/infinitely small
        qióngshānèshuǐ, [窮山惡水], lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)/fig. inhospitable natural environment
        

        qiántú, prospects/future outlook/journey
        lǚtú, journey/trip
        tújìng, [途徑], way/channel
        túzhōng, en route
        zhōngtú, midway
        yòngtú, use/application
        chángtú, [長途], long distance
        tú, way/route/road
        bàntúérfèi, [半途而廢], to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
        lùtú, (lit. and fig.) road/path
        mítú, to lose one's way
        qiántúwúliàng, [前途無量], to have boundless prospects
        chángtúbáshè, [長途跋涉], long and difficult trek
        tújīng, [途經], to pass through/via/by way of
        qítú, fork in a road/wrong road
        dàotīngtúshuō, [道聽途說], gossip/hearsay/rumor
        wùrùqítú, [誤入歧途], to take a wrong step in life (idiom)/to go astray
沿         yántú, along the sides of the road/by the wayside
        chángtúdiànhuà, [長途電話], long-distance call
        zhēngtú, long journey/trek/course of an expedition
        
        chángtúqìchē, [長途汽車], long-distance coach
        
        shìtú, official career (formal)
        chángtúchē, [長途車], long-distance bus/coach
        mítúzhīfǎn, to get back on the right path/to mend one's ways
        shūtútóngguī, [殊途同歸], different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achiev...
        
        guītú, [歸途], the way back/one's journey home
        tǎntú, highway/level road
        
        
        lǎomǎshítú, [老馬識途], an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do/an ol...
        ZhōngtúDǎo, [中途島], Midway Islands

        zhōumò, [週末], weekend
        Mòrì/mòrì, Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology), last day/end/final days/doomsday
        mò, tip/end/final stage/latter part/inessential detail/powder/dust/opera role of old...
        jièmo, mustard/wasabi
        qīmò, end of term
        fěnmò, fine powder/dust
        mòduān, tip/extremity
        mòwěi, end/tip/extremity
        mòqī, end (of a period)/last part/final phase
        mòlù, end of the road/final road/fig. dead end/impasse
        mòshāo, tip/end/last few days
        mòshì, last phase (of an age)
        shǐmò, whole story/the ins and outs
        niánmò, end of the year
        mòbānchē, [末班車], last bus or train/last chance
        xìzhīmòjié, [細枝末節], minor details/trifles
        ròumò, ground meat
        yuèmò, end of month/late in the month
        běnmòdàozhì, lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect/to stres...
        mòdài, final generation
        
        shìjìmò, [世紀末], end of the century
        mòliǎo, in the end
        suìmò, flecks/particles/bits/fine powder
        jùmò, [鋸末], sawdust
        mòjié, [末節], inessentials/minor detail
        qiángnǔzhīmò, [強弩之末], lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)/fig. spent force
        nàme, variant of 那麼|那么[nà me]
        mònián, the final years (of a regime)
        mòzi, powder/dust
        mòshāoshénjīng, [末梢神經], peripheral nerve
        mòr, [末兒], powder/puree
        suìmò, [歲末], end of the year

        Lù/lù, surname Lu, road/CL:條|条[tiáo]/journey/route/line (bus etc)/sort/kind
        lùshang, on the road/on a journey/road surface
        yīlù, the whole journey/all the way/going the same way/going in the same direction/of ...
        gōnglù, highway/road/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        zǒulù, to walk/to go on foot
        dàolù, road/path/way/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        mílù, to lose the way/lost/labyrinth/labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
线         lùxiàn, [路線], itinerary/route/political line (e.g. right revisionist road)/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        lùguò, [路過], to pass by or through
线         xiànlù, [線路], line/circuit/wire/road/railway track/bus route
        lùbiān, [路邊], curb/roadside/wayside
        mǎlù, [馬路], street/road/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        chūlù, a way out (lit. and fig.)/opportunity for advancement/a way forward/outlet (for ...
        Lùyìsī, Louis or Lewis (name)
        shànglù, to start on a journey/to be on one's way
        lùzhàng, roadblock/barricade
        Lùyì, Louis or Lewis (name)
        tiělù, [鐵路], railroad/railway/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        gāosùgōnglù, expressway/highway/freeway
        lùkǒu, crossing/intersection (of roads)
        lùchéng, route/path traveled/distance traveled/course (of development)
        xiǎolù, minor road/lane/pathway/trail
        sīlù, train of thought/thinking/reason/reasoning
        gāosùlù, highway/expressway/same as 高速公路[gāo sù gōng lù]
        yīlùshùnfēng, [一路順風], to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
        Yēlùsālěng, Jerusalem
        shùnlù, [順路], by the way/while out doing sth else/conveniently
        dàilù, [帶路], to lead the way/to guide/to show the way/fig. to instruct
        hālìlùyà, [哈利路亞], hallelujah (loanword)
        dǎnglù, [擋路], blocking the way
        diànlù, [電路], electric circuit
        duǎnlù, short circuit
        zǒutóuwúlù, [走投無路], to be at an impasse (idiom)/in a tight spot/at the end of one's rope/desperate
        shízìlùkǒu, crossroads/intersection
        gǎnlù, [趕路], to hasten on with one's journey/to hurry on
        rànglù, [讓路], to make way (for sth)
        bànlù, halfway/midway/on the way
        lùrén, passer-by/stranger
退         tuìlù, a way out/a way to retreat/leeway
        sǐlùyītiáo, [死路一條], (idiom) dead end/road to ruin
        lùjìng, [路徑], path/route/method/ways and means
        
        Shènglùyìsī, [聖路易斯], St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri
        dàlù, avenue/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        
        bìlùdiànshì, [閉路電視], closed-circuit television
        kāilù, [開路], to open up a path/to make one's way through/to construct a road/(electricity) op...
        kǎlùlǐ, calorie (loanword)
        
        lùzi, method/way/approach
        
        shēnglù, a way to make a living/a way to survive/a way out of a predicament
        sǐlù, dead end/(fig.) the road to disaster
        Lùdé, Luther (name)/Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
        lùtú, (lit. and fig.) road/path
        jìnlù, shortcut
        tàolù, sequence of movements in martial arts/routine/pattern/standard method
        ménlù, [門路], way of doing sth/the right social connection
        lùmiàn, pavement
        lùbiāo, [路標], road sign
        lùdēng, [路燈], street lamp/street light
        
        wǎnglù, [網路], network (computer, telecom)/Internet/Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络[wǎng luò]
        lùfèi, [路費], travel expenses/money for a voyage/toll
        wènlù, [問路], to ask for directions/to ask the way (to some place)
        Lùyìsīānnàzhōu, Louisiana, US state
        shānlù, mountain road
        huítóulù, [回頭路], the road back to where one came from
        
        huílù, to return/circuit (e.g. electric)/loop
        
        hòulù, [後路], escape route/retreat route/communication lines to the rear/alternative course of...
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        lǎolù, old road/familiar way/beaten track/conventional behavior
        
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        lǐnglù, [領路], to lead the way
        lùyóuqì, router (computing)
        zǒuxiàpōlù, to go downhill/to decline/to slump
        
        pūlù, [鋪路], to pave (with paving stones)/to lay a road/(fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth...
        mòlù, end of the road/final road/fig. dead end/impasse
        yǐnlù, to guide/to show the way
        chàlù, fork in the road
        Sàipǔlùsī, Cyprus
        lùkuàng, [路況], road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
··         Mǎdīng·Lùdé·Jīn, [馬丁·路德·金], Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activis...
        wénlù, [紋路], veined pattern/wrinkles/vein lines (in marble or fingerprint)/grain (in wood etc...
        xiūlù, to repair a road
        
        
        
        
        duìlù, [對路], suitable/to one's liking
        
        shuǐlù, waterway
        Wànbǎolù, [萬寶路], Marlboro (cigarette)
        
        xiāolù, [銷路], sale/market/state of the market/sales event
        lùpáng, roadside
        huólù/huólu, through road/way out/way to survive/means of subsistence, labor/physical work
西         Lùxīfǎ, Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)
        tànlù, to find a path
        lánlù, [攔路], to block sb's path/to waylay
        
        
        tōnglù, thoroughfare/passage/pathway/channel
        qùlù, the way one is following/outlet
        lùlù, [陸路], land route/to go by surface transport
        fēnghuílùzhuǎn, [峰回路轉], the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)/(of a mountain road) twist...
        Lùdéwéixī, [路德維希], Ludwig (name)
        bǎiyóulù, tarred road/asphalt road
        lánlùhǔ, [攔路虎], stumbling block
        
        wānlù, [彎路], winding road/roundabout route/detour/(fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
        guòlùrén, [過路人], a passer-by
        tǔlù, dirt road
        zhènglù, the right way
        
        cǐlùbùtōng, this road is blocked/fig. This method does not work./Doing this is no good.
        
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        zǒuhuítóulù, [走回頭路], to turn back/to backtrack/(fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
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        cáilù, [財路], livelihood
        chēdàoshānqiánbìyǒulù, [車到山前必有路], lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (idiom)/fig. Everyt...
        
        xiélù, see 邪道[xié dào]
        xīnlù, scheme/artifice/tolerance/intention/motive/train of thought/brains/wit/ideas
        lùjī, (civil engineering) roadbed
        huánlù, [環路], ring road/closed circuit/loop
        
        
        
        
        
        
        láilù, [來路], incoming road/origin/past history
        jíchéngdiànlù, [集成電路], integrated circuit/IC
        láilùbùmíng, [來路不明], unidentified origin/no-one knows where it comes from/of dubious background
        
        xiálùxiāngféng, [狹路相逢], lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom)/fig. enemies or rivals meet f...
        LùyìWēidēng, Louis Vuitton (brand)
        lùxiàng, road direction/(fig.) direction/path
        zhōnglù, midway/mediocre (quality)/midfield (soccer)
        tónglù, to go the same way
        
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        shàngpōlù, uphill road/slope up/fig. upward trend/progress
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        kāilùxiānfēng, [開路先鋒], pioneer/trailbreaker
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        xiàpōlù, downhill road/(fig.) downhill path
        fēnglù, road closure/to close a road
        lùrénjiēzhī, understood by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name
        
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        qīngchēshúlù, [輕車熟路], lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom)/fig. to do sth ro...
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        tóushíwènlù, [投石問路], lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom)/fig. to test the waters
        
        Lùtòushè, Reuters News Agency
        
        shúlù, familiar road/beaten track
        
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        lùguǐ, [路軌], track (railroad, streetcar etc)
        
        
        yālùjī, [壓路機], road roller
        tónglùrén, fellow traveler/comrade
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        zǒuwānlù, [走彎路], to take an indirect route/to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
        
        
        
        xínglù, to travel/transport
        
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        guǎnlù, piping (for water, oil, etc)/conduit
        àilù, defile/narrow passage
        
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        dàlùhuò, [大路貨], staple goods
        
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        SīchóuzhīLù, [絲綢之路], the Silk Road
        
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        Lùqiáo/lùqiáo, [路橋], Luqiao district of Taizhou city 台州市[Tāi zhōu shì], Zhejiang, road bridge
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        ZǐLù, Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kǒng fū zǐ], also known as Ji Lu 季...
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