断港绝潢 duàn gǎng jué huáng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to be unable to continue
  2. to come to a dead end (idiom)

CHARACTERS

断 duàn sever, cut off; interrupt
港 gǎng port, harbor; small stream; bay
绝 jué to cut, sever, break off, terminate
潢 huáng expanse of water, lake, pond