[穷途末路 / 窮途末路, qióng tú mò lù] 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

哭穷

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

受穷

[受穷 / 受窮, shòu qióng] poor #72434

穷山恶水

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

理屈词穷

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

无穷小

[无穷小 / 無窮小, wú qióng xiǎo] infinitesimal (in calculus); infinitely small #121770

人穷志短

[人穷志短 / 人窮志短, rén qióng zhì duǎn] poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition #135616

穷愁潦倒

[穷愁潦倒 / 窮愁潦倒, qióng chóu liáo dǎo] destitute and troubled; in dire straits #168489

穷愁

[穷愁 / 窮愁, qióng chóu] destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care #173741

民穷财尽

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

追本穷源

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

不穷

[不穷 / 不窮, bù qióng] endless; boundless; inexhaustible

其乐不穷

[其乐不穷 / 其樂不窮, qí lè bù qióng] boundless joy

无穷远点

[无穷远点 / 無窮遠點, wú qióng yuǎn diǎn] point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point

穷竭法

[穷竭法 / 窮竭法, qióng jié fǎ] Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

穷结

[穷结 / 窮結, Qióng jié] (N) Qiongjie (place in Tibet)

穷饿

[穷饿 / 窮餓, qióng è] exhausted and hungry

缝穷

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

贫穷潦倒

[贫穷潦倒 / 貧窮潦倒, pín qióng liáo dǎo] poverty stricken

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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

窮地

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

学を窮める

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

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

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

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

窮み無き

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

窮境

[きゅうきょう, kyuukyou] (n) predicament

窮極目的;究極目的

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

窮屈

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

窮策

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

窮死

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

窮状

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

窮措大

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

窮鼠

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

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

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

窮鳥

[きゅうちょう, kyuuchou] (n) cornered bird

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

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

窮追

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

窮迫

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

窮乏

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

窮民

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

窮余

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

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

窮余の策

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

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

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)

極み(P);窮み

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

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)

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

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

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

困窮

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

困窮者

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

困苦窮乏

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