穷
poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
穷
=
力
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穴
:
Cupid (qu) exhausted (穷) his bank account and is very poor (穷). He has nowhere to go and nothing to do anymore. In the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he creates a big cave painting (穴) out of boredom. Idly he paints a big power button (力) wishing that upon hitting it, money would rain down on him.
穷 character breakdown
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
力
=
㇆
+
丿
:
Mnemonic symbol: a power button.
Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
Characters with 穷 as component
穷
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 穷
lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline / at a dead end
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy