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

穷思苦想 qióng sī kǔ xiǎng to think hard (idiom); to give sth much thought
穷愁 qióng chóu destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care
穷愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo destitute and troubled; in dire straits
穷抖 qióng dǒu to shake uncontrollably; to jiggle (one's leg etc)
穷于应付 qióng yú yìng fù to struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end
穷棒子 qióng bàng zi poor but spirited person; destitute; the poor (traditional)
穷当益坚 qióng dāng yì jiān poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
穷竭 qióng jié to exhaust; to use up
穷竭法 qióng jié fǎ Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
穷结 qióng jié variant of 瓊結|琼结[Qiong2 jie2], Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
穷结县 qióng jié xiàn variant of 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qiong2 jie2 xian4], Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
穷蹙 qióng cù hard-up; in dire straits; desperate
穷途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end
穷酸相 qióng suān xiàng wretched look; shabby looks
穷饿 qióng è exhausted and hungry
穷鼠啮狸 qióng shǔ niè lí a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
缝穷 féng qióng to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
装穷叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
贫穷潦倒 pín qióng liáo dǎo poverty stricken
贻害无穷 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences
躲穷 duǒ qióng to take refuge with a rich relative
追本穷源 zhuī běn qióng yuán see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]
遗害无穷 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences; also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2]
欲穷千里目 yù qióng qiān lǐ mù if you want to see far, climb high
很穷 hěn qióng very poor; lacking money or material possessions
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