Qián lǘ jì qióng

Traditional: 黔驢技窮

黔驴技穷 (Qián lǘ jì qióng) is a Chinese word meaning “to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

Characters in 黔驴技穷

黔qián · (literary) black; to blacken驴lǘ · donkey技jì · skill穷qióng · poor

Related words

技术technology; technique; skill技巧skill科技science and technology穷poor穷人poor people技能technical ability特技special effect驴donkey驴variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]贫穷poor演技acting技skill

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