彈盡援絕
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Chinese
[edit]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 something) |
to help; to assist; to aid | cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | ||
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trad. (彈盡援絕) | 彈 | 盡 | 援 | 絕 | |
simp. (弹尽援绝) | 弹 | 尽 | 援 | 绝 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dànjìnyuánjyué
- Wade–Giles: tan4-chin4-yüan2-chüeh2
- Yale: dàn-jìn-ywán-jywé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjinnyuanjyue
- Palladius: даньцзиньюаньцзюэ (danʹczinʹjuanʹczjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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): /taːn²² t͡sɵn²² wuːn²¹ t͡syːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]彈盡援絕
- to run out of ammunition as reinforcements are also not forthcoming
- (figuratively) to be in a desperate situation