竭蹶

竭蹶

Chinese

		exhaust	stumble; trample; to kick (as a horse)
simp. and trad. (竭蹶)		竭	蹶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiéjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyue
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵ t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵/

Adjective

竭蹶

1. (literary) destitute; impoverished

   • 敵之財政和經濟已開始表現其竭蹶狀態，人民和士兵的厭戰情緒已開始發生。 [MSC, trad.]
     敌之财政和经济已开始表现其竭蹶状态，人民和士兵的厌战情绪已开始发生。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dí zhī cáizhèng hé jīngjì yǐ kāishǐ biǎoxiàn qí jiéjué zhuàngtài, rénmín hé shìbīng de yànzhàn qíngxù yǐ kāishǐ fāshēng. [Pinyin]

     Signs of exhaustion are beginning to appear in his finances and economy; war-weariness is beginning to set in among his people and troops.

Derived terms

艱難竭蹶／艰难竭蹶 (jiānnánjiéjué)