势穷力竭
shì​qióng​lì​jié

powerless and in a desperate situation

  • created sense approved 势穷力竭/勢窮力竭 · shì​qióng​lì​jié · powerless and in a desperate situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势穷力竭 / 勢窮力竭

    shì​qióng​lì​jié

    powerless and in a desperate situation

    exhausted and in a terrible plight; used to describe a situation where one's options have run out and their strength is completely spent

    势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · situation 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · hard-pressed 力竭 (literal) → 力竭 · lì​jié · exhausted

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense