qióng

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Definitions

  1. 1. poor
  2. 2. destitute
  3. 3. to use up
  4. 4. to exhaust
  5. 5. thoroughly
  6. 6. extremely
  7. 7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

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Words Containing 穷

层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng

more and more emerge

无穷
wú qióng

endless

无穷无尽
wú qióng wú jìn

endless

穷人
qióng rén

poor people

贫穷
pín qióng

poor

一穷二白
yī qióng èr bái

impoverished

不穷
bù qióng

endless

人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng

poor but with great ambitions (idiom)

人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn

poor and with low expectations

其乐不穷
qí lè bù qióng

boundless joy

其乐无穷
qí lè wú qióng

boundless joy

力大无穷
lì dà wú qióng

extraordinary strength

受穷
shòu qióng

poor

哭穷
kū qióng

to bewail one's poverty

回味无穷
huí wèi wú qióng

to have a rich aftertaste

固穷
gù qióng

to endure poverty stoically

国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng

the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)

图穷匕见
tú qióng bǐ xiàn

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)

图穷匕首见
tú qióng bǐ shǒu xiàn

see 圖窮匕見|图穷匕见[tú qióng bǐ xiàn]

安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng

to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)

宋任穷
sòng rèn qióng

Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army

山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn

mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line

后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng

it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)

打蛇不死,后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng

if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)

救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng

help the starving but not the poor (idiom)

日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng

sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline

有穷
yǒu qióng

exhaustible

民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn

the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

无穷小
wú qióng xiǎo

infinitesimal (in calculus)

无穷序列
wú qióng xù liè

infinite sequence

无穷远点
wú qióng yuǎn diǎn

point at infinity (math.)

无穷集
wú qióng jí

infinite set (math.)

理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng

lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)

矮丑穷
ǎi chǒu qióng

(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)

穷二代
qióng èr dài

those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s

穷光蛋
qióng guāng dàn

poor wretch

穷兵黩武
qióng bīng dú wǔ

to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)

穷凶极恶
qióng xiōng jí è

fiendish

穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn

when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)

穷匮
qióng kuì

to be short of sth

穷困
qióng kùn

destitute

穷国
qióng guó

poor country

穷在闹市无人问,富在深山有远亲
qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn

the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain

穷奢极侈
qióng shē jí chǐ

extravagant in the extreme (idiom)

穷奢极欲
qióng shē jí yù

to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè

lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)

穷寇
qióng kòu

cornered enemy

穷山恶水
qióng shān è shuǐ

lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)

穷忙族
qióng máng zú

the working poor

穷思苦想
qióng sī kǔ xiǎng

to think hard (idiom)

穷愁
qióng chóu

destitute

穷愁潦倒
qióng chóu liáo dǎo

impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless

穷抖
qióng dǒu

to shake uncontrollably

穷于应付
qióng yú yìng fù

to struggle to cope (with a situation)

穷棒子
qióng bàng zi

poor but spirited person

穷极
qióng jí

extremely; utterly

穷当益坚
qióng dāng yì jiān

poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined

穷尽
qióng jìn

to use up

穷竭
qióng jié

to exhaust

穷竭法
qióng jié fǎ

Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

穷苦
qióng kǔ

impoverished

穷蹙
qióng cù

hard-up

穷追
qióng zhuī

to pursue relentlessly

穷追不舍
qióng zhuī bù shě

to pursue relentlessly

穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù

lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse

穷乡僻壤
qióng xiāng pì rǎng

a remote and desolate place

穷酸
qióng suān

(of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic

穷酸相
qióng suān xiàng

wretched look

穷饿
qióng è

exhausted and hungry

穷鼠啮狸
qióng shǔ niè lí

a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

缝穷
féng qióng

to sew and mend clothes for a pittance

装穷叫苦
zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ

to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)

贫穷潦倒
pín qióng liáo dǎo

destitute; poverty-stricken

贻害无穷
yí hài wú qióng

to have disastrous consequences

躲穷
duǒ qióng

to take refuge with a rich relative

追本穷源
zhuī běn qióng yuán

see 追本溯源[zhuī běn sù yuán]

遗害无穷
yí hài wú qióng

to have disastrous consequences

黔驴技穷
qián lǘ jì qióng

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)