jǐn jìn

exhaust, use up; deplete

DEFINITIONS

盡 jìn
  • to use up
  • to exhaust
  • to end
  • to finish
  • to the utmost
  • exhausted
  • finished
  • to the limit (of sth)
  • all
  • entirely

WORDS

壽數已 shòu shù yǐ jǐn to die (when one's predestined life span is up)
dà jìn lunar month of 30 days; same as 大建[da4 jian4]
xiǎo jìn lunar month of 29 days; same as 小建[xiao3 jian4]
山窮水 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go
援絕 dàn jìn yuán jué out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
糧絕 dàn jìn liáng jué out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
意存筆先,畫意在 yì cún bǐ xiān , huà jìn yì zài the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
意猶未 yì yóu wèi jìn to wish to continue sth; to have not fully expressed oneself
感激不 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom)
應有有 yīng yǒu jìn yǒu everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have all one needs
sàn jìn to be totally dispersed (crowd)
數不 shǔ bu jìn countless
書不言 shū bù jìn yán I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
lì jìn to have experienced a lot of; to have been through
滄桑 lì jìn cāng sāng to have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill
dài jìn nearly exhausted; practically nothing left
民窮財 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
江郎才 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom); fig. to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
淋漓致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant
jìng jìn to eliminate; to purge
滿城帶黃金甲 mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou
wú jìn endless; inexhaustible
無窮無 wú qióng wú jìn endless; boundless; infinite
其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full; to make the best use of everything
yòng jìn to exhaust; to use up completely