竭 jié HSK7 put forth great effort Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 2 sentences 他由于力竭而选择诈降。 tā yóuyú lì jié ér xuǎnzé zhà xiáng. He chose to feign surrender out of exhaustion. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary干旱导致这里的地下水几乎枯竭。 gānhàn dǎozhì zhèlǐ de dìxiàshuǐ jīhū kū jié. The drought has caused the groundwater here to almost dry up. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary