| 释义 |
穷（窮）qiónɡ
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1.缺乏财物 poor; poverty-stricken ( comb. 贫- pín- poor)：～人 qióngrén the poor people/ 他过去很～ Tā guòqù hěn qióng. He used to be very poor.
2.环境恶劣，没有出路 in a bad situation without any way out：～愁 qióngchóu poverty-striken and woeful/ ～困 qióngkùn in straitened circumstances
3.达到极点 extreme：～凶极恶 qióngxiōng-jí'è extremely vicious; utterly evil
4.尽,完 end; finished：理屈辞～ lǐqū-cíqióng fall silent on finding oneself be bested in argument; be unable to advance any further arguments to justify oneself/ 无～无尽 wúqióng-wújìn endless; boundless/ 日暮途～ rìmù-túqióng The day is waning and the road is ending (fig. One is approaching the end of his days.)
5.推究到极点 study thoroughly：～物之理 qióng wù zhī lǐ study the cause of sth. thoroughly |