上天无路，入地无门

lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

Heaven / Providence / God / the day before / the sky above / to fly to the sky / to take off and fly into space / to die / to pass away

day / sky / heaven

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

surname Lu

road / CL:條|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind

to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / to confirm or agree with / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)