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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
枯竭
- (literally, of bodies of water) to dry up
- (figuratively) to exhaust; to use up completely; to deplete
Synonyms
- (to dry up): 乾涸／干涸 (gānhé)
- (to exhaust):
- 用光 (yòngguāng)
- 用掉 (yòngdiào)
- 用盡／用尽 (yòngjìn)
- 窮盡／穷尽 (qióngjìn)
- 竭盡／竭尽 (jiéjìn)
- 絕／绝 (jué)
- 耗盡／耗尽 (hàojìn)
- 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)