物尽其用
wù jìn qí yòng
Pinyin

Definition

物尽其用
 - 
wù jìn qí yòng
  1. to use sth to the full
  2. to make the best use of everything

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
其
qí
  1. 1 his
  2. 2 her
  3. 3 its
  4. 4 their
  5. 5 that
  6. 6 such
  7. 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
其他
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 (sth or sb) else
  3. 3 the rest
其实
qí shí
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 in fact
  3. 3 really
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
用户
yòng hù
  1. 1 user
  2. 2 consumer
  3. 3 subscriber
  4. 4 customer
礼物
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
人物
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
占用
zhàn yòng
  1. 1 to occupy
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
使用者
shǐ yòng zhě
  1. 1 user
信用
xìn yòng
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 credit (commerce)
  3. 3 trustworthiness
  4. 4 creditworthiness
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
  1. 1 credit card
借用
jiè yòng
  1. 1 to borrow sth for another use
  2. 2 to borrow an idea for one's own use
备用
bèi yòng
  1. 1 reserve
  2. 2 spare
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 backup
其中
qí zhōng
  1. 1 among
  2. 2 in
  3. 3 included among these

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
  1. 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
  2. 2 innumerable
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
其貌不扬
qí mào bù yáng
  1. 1 (idiom) nothing special to look at
  2. 2 unprepossessing
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)

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