山穷水尽

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

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely