彈盡援絕

彈盡援絕

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	to help; to assist; to aid	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (彈盡援絕)		彈	盡	援	絕
simp. (弹尽援绝)		弹	尽	援	绝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànjìnyuánjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ zeon⁶ wun⁴ zyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dànjìnyuánjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjinnyuanjyue
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànjìnyuánjyué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan⁶ zeon⁶ wun⁴ zyut⁶
    • Yale: daahn jeuhn wùhn jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ dzoen⁶ wun⁴ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ zên⁶ wun⁴ jud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːn²² t͡ʃɵn²² wuːn²¹ t͡ʃyːt̚²/

Idiom

彈盡援絕

1. to run out of ammunition as reinforcements are also not forthcoming
2. (figuratively) to be in a desperate situation

Synonyms

• 彈盡糧絕／弹尽粮绝 (dànjìnliángjué)