| 窮 | 946B40 62A.50-9 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄑㄩㄥˊ [qiong2] | ||
| V.t. | To pursue to the limit, to exhaust: 窮究 [qiong2jiu4]↓; 窮經 make thorough study of a classic; 窮理 to investigate to the bottom the laws of things; 窮兵黷武 exhaust all resources to build up military power, adopt a warlike policy; 窮年，窮日，窮年累日 spend years, days; 窮有生之日 devote all the remaining days of my life; 欲窮千里目，更上一層樓 ascend another storey to see a thousand miles; 窮目 as far as the eye can see. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Exhausted, hard pressed, frustrated, pushed to the limit: 窮運，運窮 hard luck; 技窮 be at the end of one's tether, reach the end of one's power, (“exhaust all tricks”), hard up; 日暮途窮，窮途，山窮水盡 come to the end of one's rope; 窮冬 deep winter; 窮老 until old age; see 窮困，窮愁 [qiong2kun4], [qiong2chou2]↓; 窮當益堅 the more hard-pressed, the more one must fight back; 窮寇勿追 don't push s.o. to the wall, do not press on a desperate thief; 詩窮而後工 in poetry one gains depth after suffering. (2) Poor, impoverished: see 窮苦，窮乏 [qiong2ku3], [qiong2fa2]↓; 窮人 poor people; 窮親戚 poor relations; 窮鬼，窮漢，窮光蛋，窮措大，窮骨頭 (derog.) poor devil, miserable wretch; 窮滴滴，窮拉拉，窮巴巴的 very poor, destitute; 窮嫌富不要 (of goods) too costly for the poor and not good enough for those who can pay; 窮家富路 be thrifty at home and spend liberally while travelling; 窮鄉僻壤 a district shut off from the outside world. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) Despite poverty: 窮開心，窮作樂 enjoy oneself despite poverty; 窮逛 play about without too much cash; 窮大手 spend extravagantly although poor. (2) Exhaustively: 窮追 pursue relentlessly; 窮治 to investigate thoroughly (a case); 窮究 [qiong2jiu4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 窮愁 [qiong2chou2], adj., hard up and depressed. 2. 窮髮 [qiong2fa3], phr., 窮髮之北 (AC) up north where nothing grows. 3. 窮乏 [qiong2fa2], adj., poor and needy. 4. 窮盡 [qiong2jin4], v.t., to exhaust (resources). 5. 窮究 [qiong2jiu4], v.t., pursue, investigate thoroughly (a case); study deeply (astronomy, etc.). 6. 窮極 [qiong2ji2], (1) adv., extremely: 窮極奢麗 extremely extravagant; (2) phr., destitute. 7. 窮困 [qiong2kun4], adj., needy, poverty-stricken, in straitened circumstances. 8. 窮空 [qiong2kong1], adj., poverty-stricken. 9. 窮苦 [qiong2ku3], adj., hard-up. 10. 窮忙 [qiong2mang2], adj., kept busy making the ends meet. 11. 窮民 [qiong2min2], n., the poor and destitute. 12. 窮人 [qiong2ren2], n., poor people. 13. 窮生 [qiong2sheng1], n., (Chin. theater) the role of a poor scholar. 14. 窮巷 [qiong2xiang4]1, n., a small alley. 15. 窮相 [qiong2xiang4]2, n., abject look; unprepossessing appearance. 16. 窮形 [qiong2xing2], n., in 窮形盡相 (1) see [qiong2xiang4]2 ↑; (2) (of lit. portrayal) give a penetrating description (of the wicked). 17. 窮凶 [qiong2xiong1], phr., 窮凶極惡 villainous without any redeeming feature. 18. 窮酸 [qiong2suan1], adj., (of scholar) poor and envious, sharply critical of others. 19. 窮措大 [qiong2cuo4da4], n., a penniless person (orig. wr. 窮醋大 see [qiong2suan1]↑). 20. 窮通 [qiong2tong1], n., fortune and misfortune, success and failure: 窮通有命 success and failure are predestined; 窮則變，變則通 (phr.) when all means are exhausted, changes become necessary; once changed, a solution emerges. 21. 窮途 [qiong2tu2], n., (lit. & fig.) the end of the road, a rough time: 日暮途窮 poor and helpless. | |||||