黔驴技穷 qián lǘ jì qióng

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 28440th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
abbr. for Guizhou province guì zhōu
donkey; variant of [lu:2]
skill
poor; destitute; thoroughly