Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 穷
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穷 |
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Meaning |
poor, exhausted |
Pronunciation |
qióng |
Explanation |
Top: cave, hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: strength 力 |
Mnemonic
| If you have a hole in your strength (= possibilities) you are poor. |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 无穷 |
wú qióng |
endless; boundless; inexhaustible | | 穷人 |
qióng rén |
poor people; the poor | | 黔驴技穷 |
Qián lǘ jì qióng |
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom) | | 穷奢极欲 |
qióng shē jí yù |
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance | | 穷鼠啮狸 |
qióng shǔ niè lí |
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on | | 贫穷潦倒 |
pín qióng liáo dǎo |
poverty stricken | | 穷愁潦倒 |
qióng chóu liáo dǎo |
destitute and troubled; in dire straits | | 穷蹙 |
qióng cù |
hard-up; in dire straits; desperate |
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