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窮兵黷武qióng bīng dú wǔto engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose穹蒼qióng cāngthe sky; the firmament; the vault of heaven窮愁qióng chóudestitute; troubled; penniless and full of care窮愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎoimpoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless窮蹙qióng cùhard-up; in dire straits; desperate窮當益堅qióng dāng yì jiānpoor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back穹頂qióng dǐngdome; vault; domed roof窮抖qióng dǒuto shake uncontrollably; to jiggle (one's leg etc)窮餓qióng èexhausted and hungry窮二代qióng èr dàithose who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]窮光蛋qióng guāng dànpoor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond窮鬼qióng guǐ(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor窮國qióng guópoor country瓊海Qióng hǎiQionghai City, Hainan瓊海市Qióng hǎi ShìQionghai City, Hainan窮極qióng jíextremely; utterly窮家薄業qióng jiā bó yèlit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom); fig. destitute窮家富路qióng jiā fù lù(idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend瓊漿玉液qióng jiāng yù yèbejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals; superb liquor; top quality wine瓊結Qióng jiésee 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qiong2 jie2 Xian4]窮竭qióng jiéto exhaust; to use up窮竭法qióng jié fǎArchimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)瓊結縣Qióng jié XiànQonggyai, a county in Shannan City 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4], Tibet窮盡qióng jìnto use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom; limit; end窮寇qióng kòucornered enemy窮苦qióng kǔimpoverished; destitute窮匱qióng kuìto be short of sth; to be wanting in sth窮困qióng kùndestitute; wretched poverty窮困潦倒qióng kùn liáo dǎo(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope邛崍Qióng láisee 邛崍市|邛崃市[Qiong2 lai2 Shi4]邛崍山Qióng lái ShānQionglai Mountains in western Sichuan between the Min 岷江[Min2 Jiang1] and Dadu 大渡河[Da4 du4 He2] rivers邛崍山脈Qióng lái shān màiQionglai mountains on the boundary of the Sichuan basin 四川盆地邛崍市Qióng lái ShìQionglai, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan穹窿qióng lónga dome; a vault; the sky穹隆qióng lóngdomed structure; vault瓊樓玉宇qióng lóu yù yǔbejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling穹廬qióng lúyurt (round tent)窮忙族qióng máng zúthe working poor煢煢孑立qióng qióng jié lìto stand all alone穹丘qióng qiūdome窮人qióng rénpoor people; the poor瓊山Qióng shānsee 瓊山區|琼山区[Qiong2 shan1 Qu1]窮山惡水qióng shān è shuǐlit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment瓊山區Qióng shān QūQiongshan, a district of Haikou City 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4], Hainan窮奢極侈qióng shē jí chǐextravagant in the extreme (idiom)窮奢極欲qióng shē jí yùto indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance窮鼠嚙狸qióng shǔ niè lía desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on瓊斯Qióng sīJones (name)瓊斯頓Qióng sī dùnJohnston (name)窮思苦想qióng sī kǔ xiǎngto think hard (idiom); to give sth much thought窮酸qióng suān(of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic; impoverished pedant窮酸相qióng suān xiàngwretched look; shabby looks窮途末路qióng tú mò lùlit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end窮鄉僻壤qióng xiāng pì rǎnga remote and desolate place穹形qióng xíngarched; vaulted; dome-shaped窮凶極惡qióng xiōng jí èfiendish; black-hearted瓊崖Qióng yáQiongya, historic name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]瓊筵qióng yánbanquet; elaborate feast窮養qióng yǎngto raise (a child) frugally瓊瑤Qióng YáoChiung Yao (1938–2024), Taiwanese writer瓊瑛qióng yīngjade-like stone窮遊qióng yóuto travel on a small budget窮於應付qióng yú yìng fùto struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīnthe poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain