殆尽

殆盡

dàijìn

verb #16,567

Meanings

Zīyuán xiāohào dàijìn.

The resources have been nearly exhausted.

Tā de nàixīn yǐjīng xiāomó dàijìn le.

His patience has been worn almost completely away.

殆尽 is a literary/formal expression. In everyday speech, you'd say 快用完了 (almost used up) or 几乎没了 (almost gone).

grammar

殆尽 typically follows a verb: 消耗殆尽 (consumed nearly all), 消磨殆尽 (worn away to nothing), 死伤殆尽 (nearly all killed or wounded).

殆 dài

尽 jǐn