穷 (窮) qióng

1. qióng adjective poor; destitute; impoverished
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 贫苦 (Guoyu '窮' adj 3; Unihan '窮')
2. qióng adjective ended; finished
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 终极 or 尽头 (Guoyu '窮' adj 1)
3. qióng adjective extreme
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 极端 (Guoyu '窮' adj 2)
4. qióng adjective desolate; deserted; out-of-the-way
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 荒僻 or 偏远 (Guoyu '窮' adj 2)
5. qióng noun poverty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 贫困 (Guoyu '窮' n)
6. qióng verb to investigate details of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '窮' v)
7. qióng adverb thoroughly; completely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 澈底 (Guoyu '窮' adv)

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• 穷极其妙(窮極其妙) extremely fine
• 穷思苦想(窮思苦想) to think hard ; to give something much thought
• 穷则思变(窮則思變) poverty gives rise to the desire for change
• 穷极(窮極) very; extremely ; to exhaust the last of
• 穷忙族(窮忙族) the working poor
• 吾道穷(吾道窮) my way is finished
• 穷愁潦倒(窮愁潦倒) destitute and troubled; in dire straits
• 艰穷(艱窮) extremely poor
• 力大无穷(力大無窮) extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
• 穷寇莫追(窮寇莫追) do not press a cornered enemy
• 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
• 受穷(受窮) poor
• 穷苦(窮苦) impoverished
• 山穷水尽(山窮水盡) mountain and river exhausted; at the end of the line; nowhere to go
• 穷鼠啮狸(窮鼠嚙狸) a desperate rat will bite the fox; the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
• 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
• 无穷尽(無窮盡) inexhaustible
• 层出不穷(層出不窮) more and more emerge without stopping
• 无穷小(無窮小) infinitesimal (in calculus); infinitely small
• 无穷无尽(無窮無盡) endless; boundless; infinite
• 打蛇不死，后患无穷(打蛇不死，後患無窮) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue
• 穷民(窮民) people suffering hardship ; a person with no family
• 缝穷(縫窮) to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
• 无穷远点(無窮遠點) point at infinity ; infinitely distant point
• 哭穷(哭窮) to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
• 穷款(窮款) a signature or seal on an art work
• 穷通皆命(窮通皆命) poverty and prestige are both decided by fate
• 捡穷(撿窮) scavenging
• 无穷序列(無窮序列) infinite sequence
• 穷途末路(窮途末路) an impasse; in a plight with no way out
• 穷于应付(窮於應付) to struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end
• 穷匮(窮匱) to be short of something; to be wanting in sth
• 人穷志短(人窮志短) poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
• 贫穷(貧窮) poor; impoverished
• 探幽穷赜(探幽窮賾) to search for hidden mysteries
• 穷兵黩武(窮兵黷武) to engage in wars of aggression at will; militaristic; bellicose
• 安贱固穷(安賤固窮) contented and humble even in poverty
• 穷困(窮困) destitute; poverty stricken
• 穷二代(窮二代) those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
• 穷家薄业(窮家薄業) poor and with few means of subsistance; destitute
• 穷追(窮追) to pursue relentlessly
• 加志于穷民(加志於窮民) paid special attention to people suffering hardship
• 穷光蛋(窮光蛋) poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing
• 无穷集(無窮集) infinite set
• 穷抖(窮抖) to shake uncontrollably; to jiggle (one's leg etc)
• 穷当益坚(窮當益堅) poor but ambitious; hard-pressed but determined
• 矮丑穷(矮醜窮) (of a man) unmarriageable ( short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅
• 日暮途穷(日暮途窮) sunset, the end of the road; in a downward spiral
• 其乐不穷(其樂不窮) boundless joy
• 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck

Also contained in

安富恤穷

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• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 17
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 13
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 11
• 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 10
• 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10

Collocations

• 困穷 (睏窮) 以至困窮之詩也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧日月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ri Yue — count: 15
• 道穷 (道窮) 其道窮也 — Book of Changes 易經, 坤 Kun — count: 6
• 其所穷 (其所窮) 究其所窮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 5
• 时穷 (時窮) 其時窮 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 通穷 (通窮) 七曰通窮 — Guanzi 管子, 入國第五十四 Chapter 54: Entering the State — count: 4
• 上穷 (上窮) 上窮也 — Book of Changes 易經, 隨 Sui — count: 4
• 志穷 (誌窮) 志窮凶也 — Book of Changes 易經, 豫 Yu — count: 3
• 穷后羿 (窮后羿) 有窮后羿 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 3
• 穷谷 (窮谷) 深山窮谷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 穷奇 (窮奇) 謂之窮奇 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3