黔驴技穷 in English Qian2 lu:2 ji4 qiong2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

黔 驴 技 穷

Traditional Characters

黔 驢 技 窮

Pinyin

Qian2 lu:2 ji4 qiong2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

黔qian2abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1] 驴lv2variant of 驢|驴[lu:2] 技ji4skill 穷qiong2poor