qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

遠點 wú qióng yuǎn diǎn point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point
集 wú qióng jí infinite set (math.)
理屈詞 lǐ qū cí qióng faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments; without a leg to stand on
矮醜 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]
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]
人 qióng rén poor people; the poor
光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond
兵黷武 qióng bīng dú wǔ to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose
則思變 qióng zé sī biàn when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
匱 qióng kuì to be short of sth; to be wanting in sth
困 qióng kùn destitute; wretched poverty
國 qióng guó poor country
在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親 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
奢極侈 qióng shē jí chǐ extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
奢極欲 qióng shē jí yù to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
家薄業 qióng jiā bó yè poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom); destitute
寇 qióng kòu cornered enemy
山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment
忙族 qióng máng zú the working poor
思苦想 qióng sī kǔ xiǎng to think hard (idiom); to give sth much thought
愁 qióng chóu destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care
愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo destitute and troubled; in dire straits
抖 qióng dǒu to shake uncontrollably; to jiggle (one's leg etc)
於應付 qióng yú yìng fù to struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end
棒子 qióng bàng zi poor but spirited person; destitute; the poor (traditional)