穷匮
qióng kuì
Pinyin

Definition

穷匮
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qióng kuì
  1. to be short of sth
  2. to be wanting in sth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

无穷
wú qióng
  1. 1 endless
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 inexhaustible
穷
qióng
  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
贫穷
pín qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 impoverished
其乐无穷
qí lè wú qióng
  1. 1 boundless joy
匮乏
kuì fá
  1. 1 to be deficient in sth
  2. 2 to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
回味无穷
huí wèi wú qióng
  1. 1 leaving a rich aftertaste
  2. 2 (fig.) memorable
  3. 3 lingering in memory
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go
无穷无尽
wú qióng wú jìn
  1. 1 endless
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 infinite
穷人
qióng rén
  1. 1 poor people
  2. 2 the poor
穷光蛋
qióng guāng dàn
  1. 1 poor wretch
  2. 2 pauper
  3. 3 destitute man
  4. 4 poverty-stricken peasant
  5. 5 penniless good-for-nothing
  6. 6 impecunious vagabond
穷困
qióng kùn
  1. 1 destitute
  2. 2 wretched poverty
穷尽
qióng jìn
  1. 1 to use up
  2. 2 to exhaust
  3. 3 to probe to the bottom
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 end
穷苦
qióng kǔ
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 destitute
一穷二白
yī qióng èr bái
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 backward both economically and culturally
人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn
  1. 1 poor and with low expectations
  2. 2 poverty stunts ambition
其乐不穷
qí lè bù qióng
  1. 1 boundless joy
力大无穷
lì dà wú qióng
  1. 1 extraordinary strength
  2. 2 super strong
  3. 3 strong as an ox
受穷
shòu qióng
  1. 1 poor
哭穷
kū qióng
  1. 1 to bewail one's poverty
  2. 2 to complain about being hard up
  3. 3 to pretend to be poor

Idioms (20)

不俭则匮
bù jiǎn zé kuì
  1. 1 wastage makes one destitute (idiom)
人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
  1. 1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
  2. 2 poor but principled
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
勤则不匮
qín zé bù kuì
  1. 1 If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
勤劳不虞匮乏
qín láo bù yú kuì fá
  1. 1 Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom)
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
  1. 1 to be forever filial (idiom)
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go
后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
打蛇不死，后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng
  1. 1 help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
  1. 1 the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. 1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. 2 without a leg to stand on
穷兵黩武
qióng bīng dú wǔ
  1. 1 to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
  2. 2 militaristic
  3. 3 bellicose
穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn
  1. 1 when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
穷奢极侈
qióng shē jí chǐ
  1. 1 extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲
qióng shē jí yù
  1. 1 to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

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