Memory phrase for the character: 穷

穷

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Meaning poor, exhausted

Pronunciation

qióng

Explanation

Top: cave, hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: strength 力

Mnemonic
 
If you have a hole in your strength (= possibilities) you are poor.

Radicals

穴 cave
力 power, forcevariations are: 为 or: to act 办.
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 Vocabulary

无穷 wú qióng  endless; boundless; inexhaustible
穷人 qióng rén  poor people; the poor
黔驴技穷 Qián lǘ jì qióng  to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
穷奢极欲 qióng shē jí yù  to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
穷鼠啮狸 qióng shǔ niè lí  a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
贫穷潦倒 pín qióng liáo dǎo  poverty stricken
穷愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo  destitute and troubled; in dire straits
穷蹙 qióng cù  hard-up; in dire straits; desperate
穷蹙 qióng cù  

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