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Usage of the character 竭

jié
[竭]
  • to exhaust
dānjié
殚竭
[殫竭]
  • to use up
  • to exhaust
jiélì
竭力
[竭力]
  • to do one's utmost
jiéjìn
竭尽
[竭盡]
  • to use up
  • to exhaust
xuèjié
血竭
[血竭]
  • dragon's blood (bright red tree resin)
qìngjié
磬竭
[磬竭]
  • used up
  • exhausted
  • emptied
jiéchéng
竭诚
[竭誠]
  • wholeheartedly
qìngjié
罄竭
[罄竭]
  • variant of 磬竭 (qìngjié)
shuāijié
衰竭
[衰竭]
  • organ failure
  • exhaustion
  • prostration (medicine)
jiéxīn
竭心
[竭心]
  • to do one's utmost
kuìjié
匮竭
[匱竭]
  • exhausted
qióngjié
穷竭
[窮竭]
  • to exhaust
  • to use up
kūjié
枯竭
[枯竭]
  • used up
  • dried up
  • exhausted (of resources)
qióngjiéfǎ
穷竭法
[窮竭法]
  • Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
jiézé'éryú
竭泽而渔
[竭澤而漁]
  • lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)
  • fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
jìnxīnjiélì
尽心竭力
[盡心竭力]
  • to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
zàishuāisānjié
再衰三竭
[再衰三竭]
  • weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline
  • on one's last legs
jiéjìnquánlì
竭尽全力
[竭盡全力]
  • to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
dānjīngjiélü
殚精竭虑
[殫精竭慮]
  • to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly
  • to rack one's brains
  • to leave no stone unturned
jīngpílìjié
精疲力竭
[精疲力竭]
  • spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent
  • drained
  • washed out
xīnlìshuāijié
心力衰竭
[心力衰竭]
  • heart failure
shēngsīlìjié
声嘶力竭
[聲嘶力竭]
  • to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
qǔzhībùjìn,yòngzhībùjié
取之不尽,用之不竭
[取之不盡,用之不竭]
  • limitless supply (of)
  • inexhaustible