上
天
无
路
,
入
地
无
门
s
h
à
n
g
t
i
ā
n
w
ú
l
ù
,
r
ù
d
ì
w
ú
m
é
n
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
Components
上天
shàng tiān
–
Heaven
无
wú
–
not to have
路
Lù
–
surname Lu
入
rù
–
to enter
地
dì
–
earth
无门
wú mén
–
no way of doing something