死路一條 sǐ lù yī tiáo

(idiom) dead end; road to ruin

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) dead end
  2. 2. road to ruin

Characters

Character Meaning
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
路 lù HSK 2
road; route; line (bus etc)
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
條 tiáo
measure word for long thin things; strip; clause