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瘁

cuì
adjective #55,297

Meanings

  1. 1 overworked
  2. 2 worn out from toil
  3. 3 exhausted

Examples

HSK 7-9
他为国家鞠躬尽瘁，奉献了一生。
Tā wèi guójiā jūgōngjìncuì, fèngxiàn le yìshēng.
He devoted his whole life to the country, sparing no effort until the end.
HSK 7-9
多年劳瘁，他的身体十分虚弱。
Duōnián láo cuì, tā de shēntǐ shífēn xūruò.
Years of overwork left his body weak and worn.

Tips

usage
瘁 means exhausted from hard toil. It lives mainly in 鞠躬尽瘁 ('to give one's all until utterly spent'), praising selfless dedication. Do not confuse it with same-sound 悴 (haggard look).

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness; illness
The sickness radical, a person on a sickbed. It frames 瘁 as a draining of health: the body breaks down from being overworked.
phonetic
卒 zú
soldier; to finish; spent
Gives the sound (zú to cuì) plus a hint of being worked to the very end like a foot soldier, which suits the 'spent from toil' meaning.

Stroke Order

瘁 cuì