山穷水尽 (山窮水盡) shān qióng shuǐ jìn

shān qióng shuǐ jìn set phrase mountain and river exhausted; at the end of the line; nowhere to go
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  • 山穷水尽疑 (山窮水盡疑) 山窮水盡疑無路 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 18
  • 山穷水尽处 (山窮水盡處) 行到山窮水盡處 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》, Turning Ourselves Around 回頭轉身 — count: 3
  • 到了山穷水尽 (到了山窮水盡) 記得有好幾次幾乎到了山窮水盡的時候 — Hundred Sayings 2 - Philosophy of Being Second 《往事百語2-老二哲學》, Joy that is not Known 不知道的樂趣 — count: 2
  • 面临山穷水尽 (面臨山窮水盡) 讓我即使面臨山窮水盡的困境 — Hundred Sayings 1 - Perfectly Willing 《往事百語1-心甘情願》, Preface 自序 — count: 2