qīng xiāng dào qiè

Traditional: 傾箱倒篋

倾箱倒箧 (qīng xiāng dào qiè) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to exhaust all one has; to leave no stone unturned; to try one's best”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to exhaust all one has
  2. 2to leave no stone unturned
  3. 3to try one's best

Characters in 倾箱倒箧

倾qīng · to overturn箱xiāng · box倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally箧qiè · chest

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back箱子suitcase箱box倒霉to have bad luck冰箱refrigerator保险箱safe deposit box; safe倾向trend倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)倒数inverse number倒下to collapse摔倒to fall down

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