尽 (盡)
jìn
Pinyin
Definition
尽 (盡)
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- to use up
- to exhaust
- to end
- to finish
- to the utmost
- exhausted
- finished
- to the limit (of sth)
- all
- entirely
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一网打尽
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
一言难尽
- 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
一饮而尽
- 1 to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
仁至义尽
- 1 extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty
前功尽弃
- 1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
- 2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain
Sample Sentences
你真是个尽心尽力的饭圈女孩,我虽然也追星,但都只是网上吃吃瓜,很少投入资金。
You’re indeed a die hard fan, although I’m also a follower but I restrict to online and seldom invest money.
相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人,交游广阔,特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次,在宴席上,乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时,看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动,这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓,但碍于面子,不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后,老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去,越想越难受,竟然因此病倒了!
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
这边的西餐是很好吃,但是中餐可就一言难尽了。
The western food here is very delicious, but the Chinese food is hard to say.
这家购物中心应有尽有。想要买什么,就有什么。有蔬菜、水果、名牌,还有各种不同的商品。
This shopping mall has everything that one expects to find. You name it, you have it. They have vegetables, fruits, branded goods and lots of other things.
如果我想煮饭,超市就会把新鲜的食材送到我家,他们送的东西包括蔬菜、肉类、海鲜,只要你能想到的应有尽有。
If I want to cook, the delivery people will deliver fresh groceries to my house. What they deliver includes vegetables, meat, seafood and anything you can think of.
那么多人都在为疫情尽份心力。
Look, so many people are helping out for the epidemic.