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穷
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Definitions
- 1. poor
- 2. destitute
- 3. to use up
- 4. to exhaust
- 5. thoroughly
- 6. extremely
- 7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
Example Sentences
1 shown他很 穷 。
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Words Containing 穷
to have disastrous consequences
to have disastrous consequences
impoverished
it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
see 追本溯源[zhuī běn sù yuán]
sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
endless
poor and with low expectations
extremely; utterly
destitute
fiendish
impoverished
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
see 圖窮匕見|图穷匕见[tú qióng bǐ xiàn]
a remote and desolate place
poor wretch
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)
to pursue relentlessly
wretched look
to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
to have a rich aftertaste
poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
endless
extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
destitute
hard-up
point at infinity (math.)
to endure poverty stoically
poor country
if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
poor people
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)
Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
poor
to pursue relentlessly
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
to think hard (idiom)
poor
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
destitute; poverty-stricken
impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
the working poor
to shake uncontrollably
the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
to bewail one's poverty
extraordinary strength
infinite sequence
cornered enemy
to take refuge with a rich relative
to use up
exhausted and hungry
Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
to be short of sth
exhaustible
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
endless
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
infinitesimal (in calculus)
lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[yíng zhèng] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[jīng kē] in 227 BC) (idiom)
the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
to struggle to cope (with a situation)
the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
boundless joy
(of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic
lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)
when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
infinite set (math.)
poor but spirited person
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
more and more emerge
to exhaust
boundless joy