上天无路，入地无门 shàng tiān wú lù ， rù dì wú mén

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. to be trapped in a hopeless situation

CHARACTERS

上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
无 wú
HSK 4
negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
路 lù
HSK 2
road, path, street; journey
入 rù
HSK 4
enter, come in(to), join
地 dì
HSK 3
earth; soil, ground; region
无 wú
HSK 4
negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
门 mén
HSK 2
gate, door, entrance, opening