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無
路
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无
-]
Jyutping
mou4 lou6
Pinyin
wú lù
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, Hokkien, literally
to have no way to go
verb, Hokkien
to dislike; to resent
verb, Hokkien
there is no way; there is nothing that can be done
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
最危险的猎物是无路可走的那种。
最危險的獵物是無路可走的那種。
zuì wēi xiǎn de liè wù shì wú lù kě zǒu de nà zhǒng 。
Cornered prey is the most dangerous kind.
Mandarin
山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村。
山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村。
shān qióng shuǐ jìn yí wú lù , liǔ àn huā míng yòu yī cūn 。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Mandarin
无路可逃。
無路可逃。
wú lù kě táo 。
There is no escape.
There's no way out.
There's nowhere to run.
Mandarin
我们被逼得走投无路了。
我們被逼得走投無路了。
wǒ men bèi bī dé zǒu tóu wú lù le 。
We were driven to the wall.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
佢争落三十万卡数,走投无路,走咗去自杀。
佢爭落三十萬卡數,走投無路,走咗去自殺。
He had run up credit card debts of $300,000, came to a dead end and committed suicide.
Cantonese
佢走头无路,要去捞偏门。
佢走頭無路,要去撈偏門。
keoi5 zau2 tau4 mou4 lou6, jiu3 heoi3 lou1 pin1 mun2.
He has no other option but to earn his living as a criminal.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
无路灯路段
無路燈路段
wú lù dēng lù duàn
section of road with no streetlights
Mandarin
我常向母亲吵著要上学,祖籍日本的母亲老用日语回我一句:「无路赛!」叫我别烦她。
我常向母親吵著要上學,祖籍日本的母親老用日語回我一句:「無路賽!」叫我別煩她。
wǒ cháng xiàng mǔ qīn chǎo zhù yào shàng xué , zǔ jí rì běn de mǔ qīn lǎo yòng rì yǔ huí wǒ yī jù : “ wú lù sài ! ” jiào wǒ bié fán tā .
I always clamoured to my mum that I wanted to go to school, and my mum, whose ancestral hometown is in Japan, always responded, "Urusai!" (Shut up!) to prevent me from bothering her.