山穷水绝 | at the end of one's tether

shān山qióng穷shuǐ水jué绝

To be at the end of one's tether; to be in a desperate situation with no way out; to be at an impasse.

面对日益增多的困难和挑战，他感到自己已经山穷水绝，不知该如何是好。

Faced with increasingly numerous difficulties and challenges, he felt he had reached a dead end, not knowing what to do.

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