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Definition(s) for: 山穷水尽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn - mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
- nowhere to go

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,754 49,970 33,249

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shān- surname Shan
shān- mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
qióng- poor
- destitute
- to use up
- to exhaust
- thoroughly
- extremely
- (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
jǐn- to the greatest extent
- (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
- to be within the limits of
- to give priority to
jìn- to use up
- to exhaust
- to end
- to finish
- to the utmost
- exhausted
- finished
- to the limit (of sth)
- all
- entirely

Other Words Containing 山穷水尽

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
山穷水尽 - - 36,754 49,970 33,249