[穷途末路 / 窮途末路, qióng tú mò lùㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ] lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (成语 saw); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end#57761
[理屈词穷 / 理屈詞窮, lǐ qū cí qióngㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ] faulty argument and poor rhetoric (成语 saw); unable to put forward any convincing arguments; without a leg to stand on#108450
[民穷财尽 / 民窮財盡, mín qióng cái jìnㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ] the people are empoverished, their means exhausted (成语 saw); to drive the nation to bankcrupcy#197763