弹尽援绝

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out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits

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弹尽援绝

dàn jìn yuán jué

run out of ammunition with no reinforcements in sight; exhaust one's supplies of ammunition and be cut off from help; Ammunition has run out and no aid is forthcoming.; The ammunition is gone, and reinforcement is nowhere in sight.

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彈盡援絕|弹尽援绝 [dàn jìn yuán jué] ► out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits