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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.poor; with little or no money
他家很穷。
His family is very poor.
他很穷，但很傲气。
He was poor but proud.
我们学校请不起更好的老师是因为这里的人穷。
The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor.
antonym
- 2
v.limit; end
无穷无尽
endless
层出不穷
emerge in an endless stream
穷其究竟
get to the bottom of something
- 3
adv.thoroughly
穷究
make a thorough inquiry
穷追猛打
run down enemy troops and attack fiercely
穷竭检查
have an exhaustive check-up
- 4
adv.extremely; abominably
穷奢极欲
extremely extravagant and luxurious
穷侈
extremely extravagant
穷凶极恶
extremely vicious
- 5
v.exhaust; use up
穷兵黩武
use all one's armed might to wage war
Words and phrases with 穷
- 穷途[word]straitened circumstances
- 穷鬼[word]pauper
- 穷竭[word]use up
- 穷日子[word]straitened circumstances
- 穷讲究[word]be fussy/particular about something despite difficult conditions
- 穷匮[word]of a poor condition
- 穷凶极暴[word]utterly evil
- 穷醋大[word]same as 穷措大
- 穷冬[word]midwinter
- 穷途末路[idiom]be in an impasse
- 穷追不舍[idiom]pursue relentlessly; press hard upon
- 穷追猛打[idiom]hotly pursue and fiercely attack
- 穷奢极欲[idiom]wanton extravagance
- 穷山恶水[idiom]barren mountains and unruly rivers
- 穷乡僻壤[idiom]remote hinterland
- 穷极无聊[idiom]be utterly bored; absolutely senseless
- 穷则思变[idiom]Poverty gives rise to a desire for change.
- 穷困潦倒[idiom]be poor and wretched