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

• 救急不救穷(救急不救窮) help the starving but not the poor
• 一穷二白(一窮二白) impoverished; backward both economically and culturally
• 穷困(窮困) destitute; poverty stricken
• 层出不穷(層出不窮) more and more emerge without stopping
• 穷竭(窮竭) to exhaust; to use up
• 人穷志不穷(人窮志不窮) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled
• 穷极(窮極) very; extremely ; to exhaust the last of
• 装穷叫苦(裝窮叫苦) to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken
• 人穷志短(人窮志短) poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
• 穷通(窮通) poor but prestigious
• 哭穷(哭窮) to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
• 黔驴技穷(黔驢技窮) to exhaust one's limited abilities
• 穷则思变(窮則思變) poverty gives rise to the desire for change
• 遗害无穷(遺害無窮) to have disastrous consequences
• 穷酸相(窮酸相) wretched look; shabby looks
• 穷蹙(窮蹙) hard-up; in dire straits; desperate
• 加志于穷民(加志於窮民) paid special attention to people suffering hardship
• 穷庐(窮廬) rustic dwelling
• 穷匮(窮匱) to be short of something; to be wanting in sth
• 穷寇勿迫(窮寇勿迫) do not press a cornered enemy
• 民穷财尽(民窮財盡) the people are impoverished, their means exhausted; to drive the nation to bankruptcy
• 沕穆无穷(沕穆無窮) subtle and inexhaustible
• 无穷尽(無窮盡) inexhaustible
• 其乐无穷(其樂無窮) boundless joy
• 无穷序列(無窮序列) infinite sequence
• 穷山恶水(窮山惡水) barren hills and wild rivers; inhospitable natural environment
• 穷乏(窮乏) to be in need of
• 穷寇勿追(窮寇勿追) do not press a cornered enemy
• 穷寇(窮寇) cornered enemy
• 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
• 穷巷隔深辙(窮巷隔深轍) in the narrow lane there are no deep ruts
• 日暮途穷(日暮途窮) sunset, the end of the road; in a downward spiral
• 穷乡僻壤(窮鄉僻壤) a remote and desolate place
• 无穷(無窮) endless; inexhaustible ; infinity
• 穷忙族(窮忙族) the working poor
• 不穷(不窮) endless; boundless; inexhaustible
• 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck
• 缝穷(縫窮) to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
• 穷寇莫追(窮寇莫追) do not press a cornered enemy
• 贫穷潦倒(貧窮潦倒) poverty stricken
• 探幽穷赜(探幽窮賾) to search for hidden mysteries
• 贫穷(貧窮) poor; impoverished
• 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
• 吾道穷(吾道窮) my way is finished
• 穷抖(窮抖) to shake uncontrollably; to jiggle (one's leg etc)
• 穷家薄业(窮家薄業) poor and with few means of subsistance; destitute
• 贻害无穷(貽害無窮) to have disastrous consequences
• 穷奢极侈(窮奢極侈) extravagant in the extreme
• 山穷水尽(山窮水盡) mountain and river exhausted; at the end of the line; nowhere to go

Also contained in

穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 、 宋任穷

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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