"Impasse" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 僵局 | jiāng jú | impasse / deadlock |  |
| 末路 | mò lù | dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days |  |
| 断头路 | duàn tóu lù | dead-end road / (fig.) impasse | |
| 走投无路 | zǒu tóu wú lù | to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate | |
| 穷途末路 | qióng tú mò lù | lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end | |
| 陷入绝境 | xiàn rù jué jìng | to fall into impasse | |
| 卡壳 | qiǎ ké | (of a bullet or shell) to jam / (fig.) to get stuck / to be held up / to reach an impasse | |
