死胡同

wǒ men bǎ chē zi kāi jìn le yī tiáo sǐ hú tòng bù dé bù tuì chū lái

我们把车子开进了一条死胡同，不得不退出来。

We drove into a dead end and had to back out.

zhè tiáo sǐ hú tòng de mò duān shì zhuān qiáng

这条死胡同的末端是砖墙。

The blind alley ended in a brick wall.

mí gōng lǐ yǒu hěn duō jué lù hé sǐ hú tòng nán dù hěn dà

迷宫里有很多绝路和死胡同，难度很大。

The maze was very difficult with many blind paths and dead ends.

cóng sǐ hú tòng li zhǎo tiáo chū lù

从死胡同里找条出路

find a way out from a dead end

yī tiáo sǐ hú tòng

一条死胡同

a dead end

zhè ge shè huì zhǔ yì pǐn pái yǐ jīng jìn rù sǐ hú tòng

这个社会主义品牌已经进入死胡同。

This brand of socialism had entered a cul-de-sac (= could make no further progress).