绝望 | jué wàng | to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation | |
铤而走险 | tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn | to take a risk out of desperation (idiom) | |
情急智生 | qíng jí zhì shēng | inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom) / also written 情急之下 | |
情急之下 | qíng jí zhī xià | in a moment of desperation |