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› 窮
窮
kung4
Mandarin: qiong2
Simplified: 穷
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Definitions
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exhausted
2
poor
3
destitute
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improverished
5
having an end
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having a limit
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most
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extremely
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utterly
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thoroughly
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to pursue to the limit
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despite poverty
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exhaustively
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to exhaust
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in trouble
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without any way out
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# adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 窮
無窮無盡
mou4
kung4
mou4
jeun6
inexhaustible; unlimited
三更窮五更富
saam1
gaang1
kung4
ng5
gaang1
fu3
lit. poor at 3 o'clock and rich by 5, meaning one who has no financial planning,
窮酸
kung4
syun1
(of a scholar) poor and pedantic; cheap
窮途潦倒
kung4
tou4
lou5
dou2
be down and out
窮追猛打
kung4
zeoi1
maang5
daa2
to vigorously pursue and fiercely attack
窮途
kung4
tou4
dead end; destitution; at the end of one\'s rope
五窮六絕
ng5
kung4
luk6
zyut6
to become desperate
窮則思變
kung4
zak1
si1
bin3
poverty gives rise to a desire to change for the better
窮人
kung4
jan4
poor people; pauper; the poor
趕狗入窮巷
gon2
gau2
jap6
kung4
hong6
forcing one to a dead end (slang)
窮愁潦倒
kung4
sau4
lou5
dou2
living in poverty and feeling dispirited
窮追
kung4
zeoi1
to be in hot pursuit; to vigorously pursue
愈窮愈見鬼
yut6
kung4
jyu6
gin3
gwai2
bad luck comes in threes [colloquial]
無窮
mou4
kung4
endless
賤物鬥窮人
zin6
mat6
dau3
kung4
jan4
a scenario where the commodity prices are low but the wages of the poor are also
人窮志不窮
jan4
kung4
zi3
bat1
kung4
one who is poor but with great ambitions
窮到燶
kung4
dou3
nung1
too poor
窮巷
kung4
hong6
no way to go; a blind alley
窮困
kung4
kwan3
in poverty and distress; badly off; deprivation; to be poor
斷窮根
dyun6
kung4
gan1
to escape poverty
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