窮 qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

窮當益堅 qióng dāng yì jiān poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
窮盡 qióng jìn to use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom; limit; end
窮竭 qióng jié to exhaust; to use up
窮竭法 qióng jié fǎ Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
窮結 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
窮結縣 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
窮苦 qióng kǔ impoverished; destitute
窮蹙 qióng cù hard-up; in dire straits; desperate
窮追 qióng zhuī to pursue relentlessly
窮途末路 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
窮鄉僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng a remote and desolate place
窮酸相 qióng suān xiàng wretched look; shabby looks
窮餓 qióng è exhausted and hungry
窮鼠嚙狸 qióng shǔ niè lí a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
縫窮 féng qióng to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
裝窮叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
貧窮 pín qióng poor; impoverished
貧窮潦倒 pín qióng liáo dǎo poverty stricken
貽害無窮 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences
躲窮 duǒ qióng to take refuge with a rich relative
追本窮源 zhuī běn qióng yuán see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]
遺害無窮 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences; also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2]
黔驢技窮 qián lǘ jì qióng to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
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