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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黔驴技穷

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黔驴技穷 qián lǘ jì qióng - to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

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
- - 28,282 71,419 49,478

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
黔 qián- abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
驴 lǘ- variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]
驴 lǘ- donkey
- CL:頭|头[tou2]
技 jì- skill
穷 qióng- poor
- destitute
- to use up
- to exhaust
- thoroughly
- extremely
- (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Other Words Containing 黔驴技穷

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
黔驴技穷 - - 28,282 71,419 49,478