四面楚歌

sì miàn chǔ gē

lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)

fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help

four

miàn

variant of 麵|面[mian4]

chǔ

abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together

variant of 歌[ge1]