倾箱倒箧 — Chinese idiom
倾箱倒箧
qīng xiāng dào qiè
Traditional: 傾箱倒篋
Meaning
- to exhaust all one has
- to leave no stone unturned
- to try one's best
Character by character
- 倾qīngto upset, to pour out, to overflow
- 箱xiāngbox, case; chest, trunk
- 倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down
- 箧qiètrunk, chest, box; portfolio
Idioms sharing a character
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 倾国倾城 qīng guó qīng chéng
- 倾家荡产 qīng jiā dàng chǎn
- 倾巢来犯 qīng cháo lái fàn
- 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
- 倾心吐胆 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
- 倾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ
- 大厦将倾 dà shà jiāng qīng
- 翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì
- 翻箱倒箧 fān xiāng dǎo qiè
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