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穷匮
qióng kuì
Pinyin
Definition
穷匮
-
qióng kuì
to be short of sth
to be wanting in sth
Character Decomposition
穷
穴
力
匮
匚
口
丨
一
贝
Related Words
(20)
无穷
wú qióng
1
endless
2
boundless
3
inexhaustible
穷
qióng
1
poor
2
destitute
3
to use up
4
to exhaust
5
thoroughly
6
extremely
7
(coll.) persistently and pointlessly
贫穷
pín qióng
1
poor
2
impoverished
其乐无穷
qí lè wú qióng
1
boundless joy
匮乏
kuì fá
1
to be deficient in sth
2
to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
回味无穷
huí wèi wú qióng
1
leaving a rich aftertaste
2
(fig.) memorable
3
lingering in memory
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
1
more and more emerge
2
innumerable succession
3
breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
1
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
2
nowhere to go
无穷无尽
wú qióng wú jìn
1
endless
2
boundless
3
infinite
穷人
qióng rén
1
poor people
2
the poor
穷光蛋
qióng guāng dàn
1
poor wretch
2
pauper
3
destitute man
4
poverty-stricken peasant
5
penniless good-for-nothing
6
impecunious vagabond
穷困
qióng kùn
1
destitute
2
wretched poverty
穷尽
qióng jìn
1
to use up
2
to exhaust
3
to probe to the bottom
4
limit
5
end
穷苦
qióng kǔ
1
impoverished
2
destitute
一穷二白
yī qióng èr bái
1
impoverished
2
backward both economically and culturally
人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn
1
poor and with low expectations
2
poverty stunts ambition
其乐不穷
qí lè bù qióng
1
boundless joy
力大无穷
lì dà wú qióng
1
extraordinary strength
2
super strong
3
strong as an ox
受穷
shòu qióng
1
poor
哭穷
kū qióng
1
to bewail one's poverty
2
to complain about being hard up
3
to pretend to be poor
Idioms
(20)
不俭则匮
bù jiǎn zé kuì
1
wastage makes one destitute (idiom)
人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
1
poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
2
poor but principled
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
1
frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
勤则不匮
qín zé bù kuì
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
Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom)
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
1
the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
1
to be forever filial (idiom)
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
1
to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
1
more and more emerge
2
innumerable succession
3
breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
1
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
2
nowhere to go
后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng
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
if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng
1
help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
1
sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
2
at a dead end
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
1
the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
1
faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
2
without a leg to stand on
穷兵黩武
qióng bīng dú wǔ
1
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
2
militaristic
3
bellicose
穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn
1
when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
穷奢极侈
qióng shē jí chǐ
1
extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲
qióng shē jí yù
1
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
Sample Sentences