竭蹶 jiéjué impoverished Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 竭 jié adjectiveverb to exhaust (bound form) to exhaust; to use up; to reach the end of something蹶 jué to stumble (bound form) to fall down; to stumble; to suffer a setback or defeat as in the phrase 一蹶不振 yījuébùzhèn