Chinese Notes

尽 (儘) jìn

jìn verb to the greatest extent; utmost
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 儘 (Guoyu '儘' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '盡' 3, p. 215; Unihan '儘')
jìn adverb all; every
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 盡; in the sense of 全部 or 都 (Guoyu '盡' adv 1)
jìn adjective perfect; flawless
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 盡; in the sense of 完备 (Guoyu '盡' adj)
jìn verb to give priority to; to do one's utmost
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 盡 (Guoyu '盡' v 2)
jìn adverb furthest; extreme
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 盡; used before a noun of locality (Guoyu '盡' adv 2)
jìn verb to vanish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 盡; in the sense of 隐没 (Guoyu '盡' v 4)
jìn verb to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; to be finished
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 盡; may be used in this sense in Literary Chinese and modern Chinese (Guoyu '盡' v 1; Kroll 2015 '盡' 1, p. 215; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 131; Unihan '盡')
jìn adverb to be within the limit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 儘 (Guoyu '儘' adv 2)
jìn adverb all; every
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 儘; in the sense of 都 or 全 (Guoyu '儘' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '盡' 1, p. 215)
jìn verb to die
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 盡; in the sense of 死亡 (Guoyu '盡' v 3)

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兴尽悲来(興盡悲來) after extreme happiness sorrow arises
力尽筋疲(力盡筋疲) with all energy exhausted and muscles weary
尽职尽责(盡職盡責) responsible and diligent
山穷水尽(山窮水盡) mountain and river exhausted; at the end of the line; nowhere to go
尽先(儘先) in the first instance; as a first priority
尽欢而散(盡歡而散) to disperse after a happy time; everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
气尽(氣盡) to be exhausted; for one's energy to be used up
灭尽(滅盡) to completely destroy
尽职(盡職) to discharge one's duties; conscientious
意存笔先，画尽意在(意存筆先，畫盡意在) the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
费尽心机(費盡心機) to rack one's brains for schemes; to beat one's brains out
尽地主之谊(盡地主之誼) to act as host; to do the honors
同归于尽(同歸於盡) to die in such a way that somebody else also perishes; to end in mutual destruction
尽数(盡數) everything
丧尽天良(喪盡天良) devoid of conscience; utterly heartless
斩尽(斬盡) to wipe out
尽管(儘管) despite; although; even though ; despite; although; even though
大尽(大盡) lunar month of 30 days
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已(鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已) to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day; striving to the utmost one's whole life
历尽沧桑(歷盡滄桑) to have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill
净尽(淨盡) completely gone; with nothing remaining
尽收眼底(盡收眼底) to take in the whole scene at once; to have a panoramic view
赶尽杀绝(趕盡殺絕) to kill to the last one; to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless
物尽其用(物盡其用) to use something to the full; to make the best use of everything
鸟尽弓藏(鳥盡弓藏) the birds are over, the bow is put away; to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
罄尽(罄盡) to use up entirely
吸尽(吸盡) to absorb completely; to drink up
人尽皆知(人盡皆知) known to everybody
尽孝(盡孝) to be filial
江郎才尽(江郎才盡) Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent; to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
尽善尽美(盡善盡美) perfect; perfection; the best of all possible worlds; as good as it gets
鞠躬尽瘁(鞠躬盡瘁) to bend to a task and spare no effort; striving to the utmost
除不尽(除不盡) indivisible (math)
竭尽全力(竭盡全力) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
精疲力尽(精疲力盡) spirit weary, strength exhausted; spent; drained; washed out
尽力(盡力) to do one's best; to strive as much as possible
苦尽甘来(苦盡甘來) bitterness finishes, sweetness begins
尽欢(盡歡) to thoroughly enjoy oneself
无穷无尽(無窮無盡) endless; boundless; infinite
数不尽(數不盡) countless
前功尽弃(前功盡棄) to waste all previous labor
尽是(盡是) to be full of; completely
尽性(盡性) displaying fully; developing to the greatest extent
鞠躬尽力(鞠躬盡力) to bend to a task and spare no effort; striving to the utmost
尽致(盡致) in the finest detail
仁至义尽(仁至義盡) extreme benevolence, utmost duty; meticulous virtue and attention to duty
受尽(受盡) to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of
斩尽杀绝(斬盡殺絕) to completely wipe out
无尽(無盡) endless; inexhaustible
尽展(盡展) to display (one's potential, one's talents etc)

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第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第十四回 Chapter 14 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
第一回 Chapter 1 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
第五回 Chapter 5 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
第十二回 Chapter 12 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
第二十回 Chapter 20 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
卷四十九王充王符仲長統列傳 Volume 49: Biographies of Wang Chong, Wang Fu, Zhongchang Tong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
卷一百十三列傳第一后妃一 Volume 113 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
卷五本紀第五元帝 Volume 5: Emperor Yuan Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1

Collocations

尽灭 (儘滅) 盡滅其族 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
尽杀 (儘殺) 晉士蒍使群公子盡殺游氏之族 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
尽逐 (儘逐) 盡逐武穆之族 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
尽俘 (儘俘) 殺成與彊而盡俘其家 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
可尽 (可儘) 狄可盡乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 4
尽在 (儘在) 周禮盡在魯矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
尽去 (儘去) 欲盡去群大夫而立其左右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
尽室 (儘室) 二年而盡室以復適莒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
尽归 (儘歸) 盡歸其餘邑曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
尽东 (儘東) 盡東其畝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3