费尽

費盡
fèijìn
verb #19,986

Meanings

  1. 1 to exhaust
  2. 2 to use up completely
  3. 3 to spend to the last bit (of energy or effort)

Examples

Tā fèijìn xīnsī xiǎng chū le yī gè jiějué fāng'àn.
He racked his brains and came up with a solution.
Mǔqīn fèijìn lìqi bǎ háizi fǔyǎng chéngrén.
The mother exhausted all her strength to raise the child into an adult.

Tips

usage
费尽 is most naturally followed by a noun indicating what was used up: 费尽心思 (exhaust one's mind), 费尽力气 (exhaust one's strength). Compare with 费神, which is more polite and often used as a request ('please take the trouble to...').

Stroke Order

fèi
jǐn