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)

Contained in

• 穷奢极欲(窮奢極欲) to indulge in a life of luxury; extreme extravagance
• 哭穷(哭窮) to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
• 山穷水尽(山窮水盡) mountain and river exhausted; at the end of the line; nowhere to go
• 层出不穷(層出不窮) more and more emerge without stopping
• 力大无穷(力大無窮) extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
• 穷竭法(窮竭法) Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
• 人穷志不穷(人窮志不窮) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled
• 穷寇(窮寇) cornered enemy
• 穷寇勿迫(窮寇勿迫) do not press a cornered enemy
• 受穷(受窮) poor
• 穷途末路(窮途末路) an impasse; in a plight with no way out
• 穷国(窮國) poor country
• 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck
• 一穷二白(一窮二白) impoverished; backward both economically and culturally
• 吾道穷(吾道窮) my way is finished
• 固穷(固窮) to endure poverty stoically
• 穷蹙(窮蹙) hard-up; in dire straits; desperate
• 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
• 穷二代(窮二代) those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
• 穷年(窮年) a whole year
• 缝穷(縫窮) to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
• 穷忙族(窮忙族) the working poor
• 穷追(窮追) to pursue relentlessly
• 穷酸相(窮酸相) wretched look; shabby looks
• 穷极(窮極) very; extremely ; to exhaust the last of
• 穷巷(窮巷) a narrow lane; a poor neighborhood
• 穷棒子(窮棒子) poor but spirited person; destitute; the poor (traditional)
• 穷巷士(窮巷士) a scholar from a poor neighborhood
• 躲穷(躲窮) to take refuge with a rich relative
• 穷于应付(窮於應付) to struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end
• 不穷(不窮) endless; boundless; inexhaustible
• 捡穷(撿窮) scavenging
• 穷通(窮通) poor but prestigious
• 穷人(窮人) the poor; a poor person
• 穷乏(窮乏) to be in need of
• 穷家薄业(窮家薄業) poor and with few means of subsistance; destitute
• 无穷无尽(無窮無盡) endless; boundless; infinite
• 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
• 穷思苦想(窮思苦想) to think hard ; to give something much thought
• 其乐不穷(其樂不窮) boundless joy
• 无穷集(無窮集) infinite set
• 黔驴技穷(黔驢技窮) to exhaust one's limited abilities
• 遗害无穷(遺害無窮) to have disastrous consequences
• 穷饿(窮餓) exhausted and hungry
• 穷巷隔深辙(窮巷隔深轍) in the narrow lane there are no deep ruts
• 无穷级数(無窮級數) an infinite series
• 救急不救穷(救急不救窮) help the starving but not the poor
• 穷兵黩武(窮兵黷武) to engage in wars of aggression at will; militaristic; bellicose
• 穷鼠啮狸(窮鼠嚙狸) a desperate rat will bite the fox; the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
• 贻害无穷(貽害無窮) to have disastrous consequences

Also contained in

宋任穷

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 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
• 卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 11
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
• 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 10
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22 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
• 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
• 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
• 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