窮 qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

一窮二白 yī qióng èr bái impoverished; backward both economically and culturally
不窮 bù qióng endless; boundless; inexhaustible
人窮志不窮 rén qióng zhì bù qióng poor but with great ambitions (idiom); poor but principled
人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
其樂不窮 qí lè bù qióng boundless joy
其樂無窮 qí lè wú qióng boundless joy
力大無窮 lì dà wú qióng extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
受窮 shòu qióng poor
哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
回味無窮 huí wèi wú qióng leaving a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; lingering in memory
固窮 gù qióng to endure poverty stoically
國弱民窮 guó ruò mín qióng the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
安富恤窮 ān fù xù qióng to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
宋任窮 sòng rèn qióng Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
層出不窮 céng chū bù qióng more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
山窮水盡 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go
後患無窮 hòu huàn wú qióng it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
打蛇不死，後患無窮 dǎ shé bù sǐ ， hòu huàn wú qióng if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
救急不救窮 jiù jí bù jiù qióng help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
日暮途窮 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline; at a dead end
民窮財盡 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
無窮 wú qióng endless; boundless; inexhaustible
無窮小 wú qióng xiǎo infinitesimal (in calculus); infinitely small
無窮序列 wú qióng xù liè infinite sequence
無窮無盡 wú qióng wú jìn endless; boundless; infinite
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