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窮盡

简穷尽 · 繁窮盡

Mandarin · pinyin qióng jìn

to use up
to exhaust
to probe to the bottom
limit
end

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穷: qióng · poor, destitute, impoverished
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete

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2–4 · qiong2 jin4

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kung4 zeon6

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noun

limit; end

verb

to exhaust; to use up (one's energy, etc.)

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