Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 穷

poor
destitute
to use up
to exhaust
thoroughly
extremely
(coll.) persistently and pointlessly

cornered enemy

to pursue relentlessly

to take refuge with a rich relative

to not know what to say; to be lost for words

poor people
the poor

variant of 瓊結／琼结 ( Qióngjié), Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區／山南地区 ( Shānnándìqū), Tibet

extremely; utterly

impoverished
destitute

to be short of sth
to be wanting in sth

(of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic
impoverished pedant

to sew and mend clothes for a pittance

endless
boundless
inexhaustible

exhaustible
limited
finite

to travel on a small budget

destitute
troubled
penniless and full of care

to shake uncontrollably
to jiggle (one's leg etc)

to use up
to exhaust
to probe to the bottom
limit
end

poor

endless
boundless
inexhaustible

to exhaust
to use up

to raise (a child) frugally

exhausted and hungry

(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor

hard-up
in dire straits
desperate

to endure poverty stoically

to bewail one's poverty
to complain about being hard up
to pretend to be poor

poor
impoverished

poor country

destitute
wretched poverty

(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)
opposite: 高富帥／高富帅 (gāofùshuài)

the working poor

Qióngjiéxiàn

variant of 瓊結縣／琼结县 ( Qióngjiéxiàn), Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區／山南地区 ( Shānnándìqū), Tibet

those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
see also 富二代 (fù'èrdài)

qióngsuānxiàng

wretched look
shabby looks

infinite set (math.)

Sòng Rènqióng

Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army

Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

infinitesimal (in calculus)
infinitely small

poor but spirited person
(old) (derog.) peasant

qióngguāngdàn

poor wretch
pauper
destitute man
poverty-stricken peasant
penniless good-for-nothing
impecunious vagabond

rénqióngzhìduǎn

poor and with low expectations
poverty stunts ambition

túqióngbǐxiàn

lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 ( Yíng Zhèng) by Jing Ke 荊軻／荆轲 ( Jīng Kē) in 227 BC) (idiom)
fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent

qióngbīngdúwǔ

to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
militaristic
bellicose

rìmùtúqióng

sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
at a dead end

wúqióngwújìn

endless
boundless
infinite

lǐqūcíqióng

lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)
fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position
to not have a leg to stand on

lìdàwúqióng

extraordinary strength
super strong
strong as an ox

qióngshējíchǐ

extravagant in the extreme (idiom)

qióngtúmòlù

lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
in a plight with no way out
things have reached a dead end

pínqióngliáodǎo

destitute; poverty-stricken

yíhàiwúqióng

to have disastrous consequences

qióngjiābóyè

lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
fig. destitute

qióngyúyìngfù

to struggle to cope (with a situation)
to be at one's wits' end

qióngsīkǔxiǎng

to think hard (idiom)
to give sth much thought

shānqióngshuǐjìn

mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
nowhere to go

qióngchóuliáodǎo

impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless

hòuhuànwúqióng

(idiom) it will cause no end of trouble

Qiánlüjìqióng

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

yíhàiwúqióng

to have disastrous consequences
also written 貽害無窮／贻害无穷 (yíhàiwúqióng)

qílèbùqióng

boundless joy

huíwèiwúqióng

to have a rich aftertaste
(fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory

qióngzésībiàn

(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach

guóruòmínqióng

the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)

mínqióngcáijìn

the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

céngchūbùqióng

more and more emerge
innumerable succession
breeding like flies (idiom)

qióngshān'èshuǐ

lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)
fig. inhospitable natural environment

ānfùxùqióng

to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)

qióngjiāfùlù

(idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend

qióngxiōngjí'è

fiendish
black-hearted

qióngzhuībùshě

to pursue relentlessly

qióngxiāngpìrǎng

a remote and desolate place

zhuāngqióngjiàokǔ

to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)

zhuīběnqióngyuán

see 追本溯源 (zhuīběnsùyuán)

qióngshǔnièlí

a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

wúqióngxùliè

infinite sequence

qílèwúqióng

boundless joy

wúqióngyuǎndiǎn

point at infinity (math.)
infinitely distant point

yīqióng'èrbái

impoverished
backward both economically and culturally

qióngshējíyù

to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

qióngdāngyìjiān

poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

jiùjíbùjiùqióng

救急不救穷

[救急不救窮]

help the starving but not the poor (idiom)

túqióngbǐshǒuxiàn

图穷匕首见

[圖窮匕首見]

see 圖窮匕見／图穷匕见 (túqióngbǐxiàn)

rénqióngzhìbùqióng

人穷志不穷

[人窮志不窮]

(idiom) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled

dǎshébùsǐ,hòuhuànwúqióng

打蛇不死，后患无穷

[打蛇不死，後患無窮]

(idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue

qióngzàinàoshìwúrénwèn,fùzàishēnshānyǒuyuǎnqīn

穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲

[窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親]

the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain