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穷 (Trad.: 窮)
Pinyin: qióng
English Definition: poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
Chinese Definition:
①缺乏财物：贫穷。穷苦。穷则思变。
②处境恶劣：穷困。穷蹙。穷窘。穷当益坚(处境越穷困，意志应当越坚定)。穷而后工(旧时指文人处境穷困，诗就写得好)。
③达到极点：穷目。穷形尽相。穷兵黩武。
④完了：穷尽。山穷水尽。日暮途穷。
⑤推究到极点：穷物之理。穷追(ａ．极力追寻；b．尽力紧追)。穷究。
⑥贫富。
Antonyms: 富
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 穴
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
    • 力 [ lì ] strength, power; capability, influence
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Example Words
贫穷 pín qióng poor; impoverished
无穷 wú qióng endless; boundless; inexhaustible
穷人 qióng rén poor people; the poor
层出不穷 céng chū bù qióng more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
穷困 qióng kùn destitute; wretched poverty
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