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耗尽 (hào jǐn) — to exhaust, to use up

Definition

verb
to exhaustto use up

Examples

  • 耗尽。
    Tā de jīng lì yǐ jīng hào jǐn le.
    His energy has been exhausted.
  • 耗尽，。
    Wǒ men hào jǐn le suǒ yǒu zī yuán, hái shì méi chéng gōng.
    We exhausted all resources but still didn't succeed.
  • 耗尽。
    Bú yào hào jǐn nǐ de nài xīn.
    Don't exhaust your patience.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

耗hàoconsume
尽jìnexhaust

耗 (consume) plus 尽 (exhaust) gives the sense of using something up completely.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盡; 尽 is its simplified writing.

  • 聿聿yùhand holding a brush
  • 灬灬huǒbristles
  • 皿皿mǐndish

The traditional form 盡 shows 聿 (hand holding a brush) and 灬 (bristles) over 皿 (dish), cleaning a dish until it is empty. The simplified 尽 is a shorthand, not those historical parts.

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