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| 穷 |
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Meaning
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Pronunciation
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qióng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Explanation |
Top: cave, hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: strength 力 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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If you have a hole in your strength (= possibilities) you are poor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radicals
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Vocabulary
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| wú qióng | endless; boundless; inexhaustible | |
| 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 |
| qióng cù | hard-up; in dire straits; desperate | |
| qióng cù |
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