上天無路，入地無門 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
無 wú negative, no, not; lack, have no
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
無 wú negative, no, not; lack, have no
門 mén gate, door, entrance, opening