上天無路，入地無門

See also: 上天无路，入地无门

Chinese

		Heaven; God; the sky above	not have	road; path; way		to enter	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	not have	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (上天無路，入地無門)		上天	無	路	，	入	地	無	門
simp. (上天无路，入地无门)		上天	无	路	，	入	地	无	门
Literally: “there is no road to heaven and no door into the earth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngtiānwúlù, rùdìwúmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ , ㄖㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ tin¹ mou⁴ lou⁶, jap⁶ dei⁶ mou⁴ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngtiānwúlù, rùdìwúmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ , ㄖㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngtianwúlù, rùdìwúmén
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tʻien¹-wu²-lu⁴, ju⁴-ti⁴-wu²-mên²
    • Yale: shàng-tyān-wú-lù-, rù-dì-wú-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtianwuluh, ruhdihwumen
    • Palladius: шантяньулу, жудиумэнь (šantjanʹulu, žudiumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u³⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ u³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ tin¹ mou⁴ lou⁶, jap⁶ dei⁶ mou⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: séuhng tīn mòuh louh, yahp deih mòuh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ tin¹ mou⁴ lou⁶, jap⁹ dei⁶ mou⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ tin¹ mou⁴ lou⁶, yeb⁶ déi⁶ mou⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ lou̯²² jɐp̚² tei̯²² mou̯²¹ muːn²¹/

Idiom

上天無路，入地無門

1. no way of escape; in desperate straits; in a desperate situation; at the end of the line