穷尽

窮盡

qióngjìn

verb #28,800

Meanings

HSK 4

他穷尽一生研究这个问题。

Tā qióngjìn yīshēng yánjiū zhège wèntí.

He devoted his entire life to studying this problem.

HSK 5

语言难以穷尽她的美丽。

Yǔyán nányǐ qióngjìn tā de měilì.

Language is hard-pressed to exhaust her beauty.

HSK 7-9

我们无法穷尽宇宙的奥秘。

Wǒmen wúfǎ qióngjìn yǔzhòu de àomì.

We cannot exhaust the mysteries of the universe.

usage

穷尽 often appears in negative or hypothetical contexts. 无法穷尽 (impossible to exhaust) is a common collocating phrase. It carries a literary tone.

穷 qióng

尽 jìn