彈盡糧絕

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 something)	grain; provisions	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (彈盡糧絕)		彈	盡	糧	絕
simp. (弹尽粮绝)		弹	尽	粮	绝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànjìnliángjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^6-2 zeon⁶ loeng⁴ zyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànjìnliángjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànjìnliángjyué
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-chin⁴-liang²-chüeh²
    • Yale: dàn-jìn-lyáng-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjinnliangjyue
    • Palladius: даньцзиньлянцзюэ (danʹczinʹljanczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan^6-2 zeon⁶ loeng⁴ zyut⁶
    • Yale: dáan jeuhn lèuhng jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 dzoen⁶ loeng⁴ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan^6-2 zên⁶ lêng⁴ jud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²²⁻³⁵ t͡sɵn²² lœːŋ²¹ t͡syːt̚²/

Idiom

彈盡糧絕

1. (literally, of an army) to run out of ammunition and food supply
2. (figuratively) to be in a desperate situation