黔驴技穷 — Chinese idiom
黔驴技穷
Qián lǘ jì qióng
Traditional: 黔驢技窮
Meaning
- to exhaust one's limited abilities
Character by character
- 黔Qiánblack; the Guizhou province
- 驴lǘdonkey, ass
- 技jìability, talent; skill, technique
- 穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
Idioms sharing a character
- 博士买驴 bó shì mǎi lǘ
- 卸磨杀驴 xiè mò shā lǘ
- 骑驴找马 qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ
- 骑驴找驴 qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ
- 驴唇马嘴 lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ
- 一技之长 yī jì zhī cháng
- 神乎其技 shén hū qí jì
- 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
- 图穷匕见 tú qióng bǐ xiàn
- 安富恤穷 ān fù xù qióng
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