Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "竭", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "竭", and master the standard way of writing the character "竭".
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竭 [jié]
1. 尽,用尽。
- To use up; to exhaust.
- Examples: 竭诚 (to give one's all); 竭尽 (to use up completely); 竭力 (to exert oneself fully); 竭泽而渔 (to drain the swamp to catch fish); 枯竭 (to dry up); 衰竭 (to weaken and exhaust); 声嘶力竭 (to shout hoarse from exertion); 用之不竭 (inexhaustible).
2. 同本义 ([En.] shoulder)
- Original meaning: to carry on the shoulder.
3. 干涸;枯竭 ([En.] dry up; drain)
- To dry up; to be drained.
- Examples: 伊洛竭而夏亡 (the river is drained and the summer is lost); 渊泉不能竭 (the deep spring cannot be exhausted); 竭泽而渔 (draining the marshes to fish).
4. 穷尽 ([En.] use up; exhaust)
- To run out; to use up completely.
- Examples: 再而衰,三而竭 (exhausting after two times, used up after three); 彼竭我盈 (they are exhausted while we are abundant); 庶竭驽钝 (let us exhaust our dullness); 竭力 (to exhaust an effort).
5. 亡;失去 ([En.] die)
- To lose; to perish.
- Example: 唇竭则齿寒 (when the lips are exhausted, the teeth become cold).
6. 败坏;毁灭 ([En.] decay; ruin)
- To decay; to ruin.
- Example: 且律竭先 (decay comes first, then fullness).
副
1. 悉;全 ([En.] completely; entirely)
- Examples: 竭绝 (complete; to the end).