日暮途穷

lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out

lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom); fig. the day is drawing to an end

the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end; fig. time of decline

dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days

mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go

to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot