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弹尽援绝

dàn jìn yuán jué

4-character word Traditional 彈盡援絕

What 弹尽援绝 means

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

The characters in 弹尽援绝

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear

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