穷 (窮) qióng
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qióng
adjective
poor; destitute; impoverished
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 贫苦 (Guoyu '窮' adj 3; Unihan '窮') -
qióng
adjective
ended; finished
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 终极 or 尽头 (Guoyu '窮' adj 1) -
qióng
adjective
extreme
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 极端 (Guoyu '窮' adj 2) -
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) -
qióng
noun
poverty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 贫困 (Guoyu '窮' n) -
qióng
verb
to investigate details of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '窮' v) -
qióng
adverb
thoroughly; completely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 澈底 (Guoyu '窮' adv)
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- 穷蹙(窮蹙) hard-up; in dire straits; desperate
- 穷光蛋(窮光蛋) poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing
- 穷寇(窮寇) cornered enemy
- 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck
- 穷寇勿迫(窮寇勿迫) do not press a cornered enemy
- 无穷集(無窮集) infinite set
- 理屈词穷(理屈詞窮) faulty argument and poor rhetoric; unable to put forward any convincing arguments
- 无穷如天地(無窮如天地) as inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth
- 贻害无穷(貽害無窮) to have disastrous consequences
- 穷国(窮國) poor country
- 穷奢极侈(窮奢極侈) extravagant in the extreme
- 穷追(窮追) to pursue relentlessly
- 穷则思变(窮則思變) poverty gives rise to the desire for change
- 穷寇勿追(窮寇勿追) do not press a cornered enemy
- 穷于应付(窮於應付) to struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end
- 捡穷(撿窮) scavenging
- 穷当益坚(窮當益堅) poor but ambitious; hard-pressed but determined
- 穷困(窮困) destitute; poverty stricken
- 穷年(窮年) a whole year
- 穷酸相(窮酸相) wretched look; shabby looks
- 穷二代(窮二代) those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
- 穷忙族(窮忙族) the working poor
- 躲穷(躲窮) to take refuge with a rich relative
- 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
- 穷民(窮民) people suffering hardship ; a person with no family
- 无穷无尽(無窮無盡) endless; boundless; infinite
- 穷愁潦倒(窮愁潦倒) destitute and troubled; in dire straits
- 穷极其妙(窮極其妙) extremely fine
- 加志于穷民(加志於窮民) paid special attention to people suffering hardship
- 穷途末路(窮途末路) an impasse; in a plight with no way out
- 穷山恶水(窮山惡水) barren hills and wild rivers; inhospitable natural environment
- 遗害无穷(遺害無窮) to have disastrous consequences
- 穷乏(窮乏) to be in need of
- 人穷志短(人窮志短) poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
- 穷巷士(窮巷士) a scholar from a poor neighborhood
- 不穷(不窮) endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- 穷通皆命(窮通皆命) poverty and prestige are both decided by fate
- 装穷叫苦(裝窮叫苦) to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken
- 沕穆无穷(沕穆無窮) subtle and inexhaustible
- 矮丑穷(矮醜窮) (of a man) unmarriageable ( short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅
- 穷饿(窮餓) exhausted and hungry
- 穷竭法(窮竭法) Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
- 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
- 其乐不穷(其樂不窮) boundless joy
- 民穷财尽(民窮財盡) the people are impoverished, their means exhausted; to drive the nation to bankruptcy
- 固穷(固窮) to endure poverty stoically
- 穷寇莫追(窮寇莫追) do not press a cornered enemy
- 无穷(無窮) endless; inexhaustible ; infinity
- 救急不救穷(救急不救窮) help the starving but not the poor
- 无穷小(無窮小) infinitesimal (in calculus); infinitely small
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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
- 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
- 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation Xunzi 荀子 — 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
- 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
- 上穷 (上窮) 上窮也 — Book of Changes 易經, 隨 Sui — count: 4
- 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
- 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
- 志穷 (誌窮) 志窮凶也 — Book of Changes 易經, 豫 Yu — 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