There is no way to heaven, no way to earth(shàng tiān wú lù，rù dì wú mén)

There is no way to heaven, no way to earth

[pronunciation] sh à ngTi à NW ú L à, R à D à w ú m é n

[interpretation] it describes the plight of having no way to go.

[source] in the book "five Lantern Festival yuan · fayanzong · Xiyu tirou Zen master" by Shi Puji of Song Dynasty, it is said that "when you go forward, you will feel sluggish, and when you go back, you will choke and fill your chest, so that there is no way to heaven and no way to earth."

usage

In a desperate situation.

Examples

1. Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty wrote "the general statement of the police world · the broken felt hat of song Xiaoguan's reunion": "my love and knowledge were abandoned by my father-in-law 2. In Guo Moruo's a night in Nanchang, everyone's mood has reached the level of despair. It's really ~, facing the vast Ganjiang River, they want to shout out two poor Qin opera. (3) Zhang Mengliang's children's story of wind and dust: "in Baodi County, there was a flood, which inundated the village and killed countless people; in addition, there were bandits, who arrested men and robbed women, forcing the people to have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth."

words whose meaning is similar

Simple spelling: stwm [Zen master Xiyu tirou] Zen master Xiyu tirou of Anji Prefecture, went to the hall: "one man burns his own body. One person holding the ice, lying dead on the road. When you step forward, you will feel sluggish. When you step back, you will choke and fill your chest. There is no way to go straight to heaven and no way to go to earth. Now it's no more! " For a long time, he said, "when the snow disappears, spring will come."

Chinese PinYin : shàng tiān wú lù，rù dì wú mén