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Usage of the character 匮

kuì
[匱]
  • to lack
  • lacking
  • empty
  • exhausted
Kuì
[匱]
  • surname Kui
guì
[匱]
  • variant of 櫃/柜 (guì)
kuìfá
匮乏
[匱乏]
  • to be deficient in sth
  • to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
kuìquē
匮缺
[匱缺]
  • to be deficient in sth
  • to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
píkuì
疲匮
[疲匱]
  • tired
  • weary
jīnguì
金匮
[金匱]
  • variant of 金櫃/金柜 (jīnguì)
qióngkuì
穷匮
[窮匱]
  • to be short of sth
  • to be wanting in sth
qìngkuì
罄匮
[罄匱]
  • used-up
  • exhausted
bùkuì
不匮
[不匱]
  • (literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking
kuìjié
匮竭
[匱竭]
  • exhausted
xùkuì
恤匮
[恤匱]
  • to relieve the distressed
kòngkuì
空匮
[空匱]
  • scarce
  • poor
jiǒngkuì
窘匮
[窘匱]
  • destitute
  • impoverished
sìkuìnángkōng
笥匮囊空
[笥匱囊空]
  • extremely destitute (idiom)
qínzébùkuì
勤则不匮
[勤則不匱]
  • If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
bùyú-kuìfá
不虞匮乏
[不虞匱乏]
  • (idiom) to have ample supplies (or money etc)
jīnguìshíshì
金匮石室
[金匱石室]
  • variant of 金櫃石室/金柜石室 (jīnguìshíshì)
wúyú-kuìfá
无虞匮乏
[無虞匱乏]
  • see 不虞匱乏/不虞匮乏 (buyu-kuifà)
bùjiǎnzékuì
不俭则匮
[不儉則匱]
  • (idiom) waste not, want not
jiǎnyǐfángkuì
俭以防匮
[儉以防匱]
  • (idiom) waste not, want not
yǔyánkuìfá
语言匮乏
[語言匱乏]
  • language deficit (linguistics)
xiàosībùkuì
孝思不匮
[孝思不匱]
  • to be forever filial (idiom)