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

力大无穷 lì dà wú qióng extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
受穷 shòu qióng poor
固穷 gù qióng to endure poverty stoically
国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
安富恤穷 ān fù xù qióng to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
宋任穷 sòng rèn qióng Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
打蛇不死，后患无穷 dǎ shé bù sǐ ， hòu huàn wú qióng if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
救急不救穷 jiù jí bù jiù qióng help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
日暮途穷 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline; at a dead end
民穷财尽 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
无穷序列 wú qióng xù liè infinite sequence
无穷远点 wú qióng yuǎn diǎn point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point
无穷集 wú qióng jí infinite set (math.)
理屈词穷 lǐ qū cí qióng faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments; without a leg to stand on
矮丑穷 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]
穷二代 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
穷兵黩武 qióng bīng dú wǔ to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose
穷则思变 qióng zé sī biàn when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
穷匮 qióng kuì to be short of sth; to be wanting in sth
穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn ， fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
穷奢极侈 qióng shē jí chǐ extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲 qióng shē jí yù to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
穷家薄业 qióng jiā bó yè poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom); destitute
穷寇 qióng kòu cornered enemy
穷忙族 qióng máng zú the working poor
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