jì​qióng

at the end of one's rope

  • created reference approved 技穷/技窮 → 黔驴技穷/黔驢技窮 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    技穷 / 技窮 jì​qióng

    黔驴技穷 / 黔驢技窮 qián​lǘ​jì​qióng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 技穷/技窮 · jì​qióng · at the end of one's rope — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    技穷 / 技窮

    jì​qióng

    at the end of one's rope

    to be at the end of one's wits or skills; to have exhausted all of one's abilities or tricks and be unable to find a way out

    技 (literal) → 技 · jì · skill 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · to exhaust

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

    created sense