If you do it that way you'll only reach a dead end.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
中国资产阶级顽固派如不觉悟,他们的事情是并不美妙的,他们将得到一个自寻死路的前途。
中國資產階級頑固派如不覺悟,他們的事情是並不美妙的,他們將得到一個自尋死路的前途。
zhōng guó zī chǎn jiē jí wán gù pài rú bù jué wù , tā men de shì qíng shì bìng bù měi miào de , tā men jiāng dé dào yī ge zì xún sǐ lù de qián tú .
Unless the die-hards among the Chinese bourgeoisie wake up, their future will be far from bright—they will only bring about their own destruction.