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穷竭 | 窮竭

qióng jié

1. 1 to exhaust
2. 2 to use up

穷思苦想 | 窮思苦想

qióng sī kǔ xiǎng

1. 1 to think hard (idiom)
2. 2 to give sth much thought

穷兵黩武 | 窮兵黷武

qióng bīng dú wǔ

1. 1 to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
2. 2 militaristic
3. 3 bellicose

穷追 | 窮追

qióng zhuī

1. 1 to pursue relentlessly

穷尽 | 窮盡

qióng jìn

1. 1 to use up
2. 2 to exhaust
3. 3 to probe to the bottom
4. 4 limit
5. 5 end

穷于应付 | 窮於應付

qióng yú yìng fù

1. 1 to struggle to cope (with a situation)
2. 2 to be at one's wits' end

穷匮 | 窮匱

qióng kuì

1. 1 to be short of sth
2. 2 to be wanting in sth

穷结县 | 窮結縣

Qióng jié xiàn

1. 1 variant of 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qióng jié xiàn], Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shān nán dì qū], Tibet

穷鼠啮狸 | 窮鼠嚙狸

qióng shǔ niè lí

1. 1 a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

穷抖 | 窮抖

qióng dǒu

1. 1 to shake uncontrollably
2. 2 to jiggle (one's leg etc)

穷饿 | 窮餓

qióng è

1. 1 exhausted and hungry

穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 | 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親

qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn

1. 1 the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain

穷忙族 | 窮忙族

qióng máng zú

1. 1 the working poor

穷困 | 窮困

qióng kùn

1. 1 destitute
2. 2 wretched poverty

穷国 | 窮國

qióng guó

1. 1 poor country

穷光蛋 | 窮光蛋

qióng guāng dàn

1. 1 poor wretch
2. 2 pauper
3. 3 destitute man
4. 4 poverty-stricken peasant
5. 5 penniless good-for-nothing
6. 6 impecunious vagabond

穷途末路 | 窮途末路

qióng tú mò lù

1. 1 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
2. 2 in a plight with no way out
3. 3 things have reached a dead end

穷人 | 窮人

qióng rén

1. 1 poor people
2. 2 the poor

穷则思变 | 窮則思變

qióng zé sī biàn

1. 1 when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)

穷乡僻壤 | 窮鄉僻壤

qióng xiāng pì rǎng

1. 1 a remote and desolate place