竭 jié

1. jié verb to exhaust
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尽 or 穷尽; for example, the idiom 尽心竭力 'to use up one's mind and exhaust one's strength [to spare no effort]' (Guoyu '竭' v 3; Mathews 1931 '竭', p. 105; Unihan '竭')
2. jié adverb competely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '竭' 2, p. 209)
3. jié verb to put forth great effort
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '竭', p. 105; Unihan '竭')
4. jié verb to carry a load
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 负载 (Guoyu '竭' v 1)
5. jié verb to dry up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 枯竭 or 干涸 (Guoyu '竭' v 2; Kroll 2015 '竭' 1, p. 209)

Contained in

• 穷竭法(窮竭法) Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
• 声嘶力竭(聲嘶力竭) to shout oneself hoarse
• 竭心 to do one's utmost
• 竭尽全力(竭盡全力) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
• 竭力 to do one's utmost
• 竭情悉力 exhaust all strength
• 血竭 dragon's blood (bright red tree resin)
• 取之不尽，用之不竭(取之不盡，用之不竭) limitless supply (of); inexhaustible
• 匮竭(匱竭) exhausted
• 庶竭驽钝(庶竭駑鈍) I will exhaust my limited skills
• 尽心竭力(盡心竭力) to use up one's mind and exhaust one's strength; to spare no effort
• 穷竭(窮竭) to exhaust; to use up
• 不竭如江海 unending like the flow of rivers and streams
• 枯竭 to use up; to dry up; to exhaust
• 滔滔不竭 incessant flow
• 竭诚(竭誠) wholeheartedly
• 竭尽 to exhaust ; to exhaust
• 衰竭 organ failure; exhaustion; prostration
• 精疲力竭 spirit weary, strength exhausted; spent; drained; washed out
• 罄竭 used up; exhausted; emptied
• 竭泽而渔(竭澤而漁) to drain the pond to get at the fish
• 竭到 to the extreme
• 殚竭(殫竭) to use up; to exhaust
• 不竭 unending
• 竭蹶 to fall over
• 磬竭 used up; exhausted; emptied
• 殚精竭虑(殫精竭慮) to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity; to think something through thoroughly; to rack one's brains; to leave no stone unturned
• 心力衰竭 heart failure
• 再衰三竭 weakening and close to exhaustion; in terminal decline; on one's last legs

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十七下之上 五行志 Volume 27d: Treatise on the Five Elements 4 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 12
• 周語上 Discourses of Zhou I Guoyu 國語 — count: 10
• 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: 8
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 7
• 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 7
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 6
• 卷七十一 列傳第二十一: 魏徵 Volume 71 Biographies 21: Wei Zheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
• 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 6
• 卷五十　　列傳第四十 劉瓛 明僧紹 庾易 劉虯 Volume 50 Biographies 40: Liu Huan, Ming Sengshao, Yu Yi, Liu Qiu History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 5

Collocations

• 川竭 (川竭) 故山崩川竭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
• 力竭 (力竭) 則民力竭矣 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 8
• 竭泽 (竭澤) 童山竭澤 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 6
• 竭能 (竭能) 不務竭能 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 5
• 山竭 (山竭) 童山竭澤 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 4
• 竭智 (竭智) 勞形竭智而無補於主也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 4
• 尽力竭 (盡力竭) 盡力竭智以事主 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 奸劫弑臣第十四 Chapter 14: Treacherous, Coercive, and Murderous Officials — count: 4
• 竭股肱 (竭股肱) 士君子竭股肱之力 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 4
• 气竭 (氣竭) 金與錫黑濁之氣竭 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 3
• 重竭 (重竭) 是重竭也 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I — count: 3