穷 qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished

HSK 4 #1343

DEFINITIONS

  • poor, destitute, impoverished
  • poor
  • destitute
  • to use up
  • to exhaust
  • thoroughly
  • extremely
  • (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

STROKES

WORDS

无穷无尽 wú qióng wú jìn
HSK 6
endless; boundless; infinite
层出不穷 céng chū bù qióng
HSK 6
more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
穷人 qióng rén poor people; the poor
贫穷 pín qióng poor; impoverished
无穷 wú qióng endless; boundless; inexhaustible
穷困 qióng kùn destitute; wretched poverty
穷光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond
穷苦 qióng kǔ impoverished; destitute
黔驴技穷 qián lǘ jì qióng to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
穷尽 qióng jìn to use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom; limit; end
穷乡僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng a remote and desolate place
其乐无穷 qí lè wú qióng boundless joy
山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go
回味无穷 huí wèi wú qióng leaving a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; lingering in memory
一穷二白 yī qióng èr bái impoverished; backward both economically and culturally
穷追 qióng zhuī to pursue relentlessly
哭穷 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
穷国 qióng guó poor country
后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
无穷小 wú qióng xiǎo infinitesimal (in calculus); infinitely small
穷山恶水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment
不穷 bù qióng endless; boundless; inexhaustible
人穷志不穷 rén qióng zhì bù qióng poor but with great ambitions (idiom); poor but principled
人穷志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
其乐不穷 qí lè bù qióng boundless joy
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