竭蹶
Chinese
| exhaust | stumble; trample; to kick (as a horse) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (竭蹶) | 竭 | 蹶 | |
| simp. #(竭蹶) | 竭 | 蹶 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjué
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyué
- Wade–Giles: chieh2-chüeh2
- Yale: jyé-jywé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyue
- Palladius: цзецзюэ (czeczjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Adjective
竭蹶
- (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.]
- 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.
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.]