[穷途末路 / 窮途末路, qióng tú mò lù, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ]lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (成语 saw); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end#57761[Add to Longdo]

哭穷

[哭穷 / 哭窮, kū qióng, ㄎㄨㄑㄩㄥˊ]to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor#61894[Add to Longdo]

受穷

[受穷 / 受窮, shòu qióng, ㄕㄡˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ]poor#72434[Add to Longdo]

穷山恶水

[穷山恶水 / 窮山惡水, qióng shān è shuǐ, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄢㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ]barren hills and treacherous rapids (成语 saw); inhospitable natural environment#78420[Add to Longdo]

理屈词穷

[理屈词穷 / 理屈詞窮, lǐ qū cí qióng, ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ]faulty argument and poor rhetoric (成语 saw); unable to put forward any convincing arguments; without a leg to stand on#108450[Add to Longdo]

无穷小

[无穷小 / 無窮小, wú qióng xiǎo, ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ]infinitesimal (in calculus); infinitely small#121770[Add to Longdo]

人穷志短

[人穷志短 / 人窮志短, rén qióng zhì duǎn, ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ]poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition#135616[Add to Longdo]

穷愁潦倒

[穷愁潦倒 / 窮愁潦倒, qióng chóu liáo dǎo, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄔㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ]destitute and troubled; in dire straits#168489[Add to Longdo]

穷愁

[穷愁 / 窮愁, qióng chóu, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄔㄡˊ]destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care#173741[Add to Longdo]

民穷财尽

[民穷财尽 / 民窮財盡, mín qióng cái jìn, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ]the people are empoverished, their means exhausted (成语 saw); to drive the nation to bankcrupcy#197763[Add to Longdo]

追本穷源

[追本穷源 / 追本窮源, zhuī běn qióng yuán, ㄓㄨㄟㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ]to trace sth back to its origin#572973[Add to Longdo]

不穷

[不穷 / 不窮, bù qióng, ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ]endless; boundless; inexhaustible[Add to Longdo]

其乐不穷

[其乐不穷 / 其樂不窮, qí lè bù qióng, ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ]boundless joy[Add to Longdo]

无穷远点

[无穷远点 / 無窮遠點, wú qióng yuǎn diǎn, ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ]point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point[Add to Longdo]

穷竭法

[穷竭法 / 窮竭法, qióng jié fǎ, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄈㄚˇ]Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)[Add to Longdo]

穷结

[穷结 / 窮結, Qióng jié, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ](N) Qiongjie (place in Tibet)[Add to Longdo]

穷饿

[穷饿 / 窮餓, qióng è, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄜˋ]exhausted and hungry[Add to Longdo]

缝穷

[缝穷 / 縫窮, féng qióng, ㄈㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ]to sew and mend clothes for a pittance[Add to Longdo]

贫穷潦倒

[贫穷潦倒 / 貧窮潦倒, pín qióng liáo dǎo, ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ]poverty stricken[Add to Longdo]

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究極(P);窮極

[きゅうきょく, kyuukyoku](n, adj-no) ultimate; extreme; final; eventual; (P)#7779[Add to Longdo]

窮地

[きゅうち, kyuuchi](n) dilemma; predicament; (P)#15842[Add to Longdo]

学を窮める

[がくをきわめる, gakuwokiwameru](exp, v1) to study exhaustively[Add to Longdo]

窮す

[きゅうす, kyuusu](v5s, vi) (1) (See 窮する) to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; (2) to become poor; to be reduced to poverty[Add to Longdo]

窮する

[きゅうする, kyuusuru](vs-s, vi) (1) to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; (2) to become poor; to be reduced to poverty[Add to Longdo]

窮すれば通ず

[きゅうすればつうず, kyuusurebatsuuzu](exp) Necessity is the mother of invention; There is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one[Add to Longdo]

窮み無き

[きわみなき, kiwaminaki](n) without limit; endless[Add to Longdo]

窮境

[きゅうきょう, kyuukyou](n) predicament[Add to Longdo]

窮極目的;究極目的

[きゅうきょくもくてき, kyuukyokumokuteki](n) extreme purpose[Add to Longdo]

窮屈

[きゅうくつ, kyuukutsu](adj-na, n) narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained; (P)[Add to Longdo]

窮策

[きゅうさく, kyuusaku](n) desperate measure; expedient of last resort[Add to Longdo]

窮死

[きゅうし, kyuushi](n, vs) dying in miserable circumstances[Add to Longdo]

窮状

[きゅうじょう, kyuujou](n) distress; wretched condition; (P)[Add to Longdo]

窮措大

[きゅうそだい, kyuusodai](n) poor student (scholar)[Add to Longdo]

窮鼠

[きゅうそ, kyuuso](n) cornered rat or mouse[Add to Longdo]

窮鼠噛猫

[きゅうそごうびょう, kyuusogoubyou](exp) A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil[Add to Longdo]

窮鼠猫を噛む

[きゅうそねこをかむ, kyuusonekowokamu](exp) (id) a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous[Add to Longdo]

窮鳥

[きゅうちょう, kyuuchou](n) cornered bird[Add to Longdo]

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず

[きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず, kyuuchoufutokoroniirebaryoushimokorewokorosazu](exp) (obs) Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter[Add to Longdo]

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず

[きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず, kyuuchoufutokoroniirebaryoushimokorosazu](exp) (obs) Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter[Add to Longdo]

窮追

[きゅうつい, kyuutsui](n, vs) cornered; driven to the wall[Add to Longdo]

窮迫

[きゅうはく, kyuuhaku](n, vs) financial difficulty; distress[Add to Longdo]

窮乏

[きゅうぼう, kyuubou](n, vs) poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury; (P)[Add to Longdo]

窮民

[きゅうみん, kyuumin](n) poor people; the poor[Add to Longdo]

窮余

[きゅうよ, kyuuyo](n) extremity; desperation[Add to Longdo]

窮余の一策

[きゅうよのいっさく, kyuuyonoissaku](n) (See 窮余の策) desperate measure; last-ditch effort[Add to Longdo]

窮余の策

[きゅうよのさく, kyuuyonosaku](n) desperate measure[Add to Longdo]

極まり無い;極まりない;窮まり無い;窮まりない

[きわまりない, kiwamarinai](adj-i) extremely; in the extreme; boundless; limitless[Add to Longdo]

極まる(P);窮まる

[きわまる, kiwamaru](v5r, vi) to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end; (P)[Add to Longdo]

極み(P);窮み

[きわみ, kiwami](n) height; acme; extremity; (P)[Add to Longdo]

極める(P);究める;窮める

[きわめる, kiwameru](v1, vt) (1) (esp. 極める, 窮める) to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; (2) (esp. 究める) to investigate thoroughly; to master; (P)[Add to Longdo]

言葉に窮する

[ことばにきゅうする, kotobanikyuusuru](exp, vs-s) (See 言葉に詰まる) to be at a loss for words[Add to Longdo]

呼吸窮迫症候群

[こきゅうきゅうはくしょうこうぐん, kokyuukyuuhakushoukougun](n) respiratory distress syndrome[Add to Longdo]

口を極めて;口を窮めて

[くちをきわめて, kuchiwokiwamete](exp, adv) using the strongest words possible[Add to Longdo]

困窮

[こんきゅう, konkyuu](n, vs) poverty; distress; (P)[Add to Longdo]

困窮者

[こんきゅうしゃ, konkyuusha](n) the poor or needy or destitute[Add to Longdo]

困苦窮乏

[こんくきゅうぼう, konkukyuubou](n) hardships and privations[Add to Longdo]