黔驢技窮 qián lǘ jì qióng

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
黔 qián
abbr. for Guizhou province 贵州guì zhōu
驢 lǘ
donkey; variant of 驢lǘ[lu:2]
技 jì HSK 4
skill
窮 qióng
poor; destitute; thoroughly