竭尽

竭盡

jiéjìn

verb #8,302

Meanings

HSK 3

我们会竭尽所能帮助你。

Wǒmen huì jiéjìn suǒnéng bāngzhù nǐ.

We will do everything in our power to help you.

HSK 6

他竭尽全力完成了任务。

Tā jiéjìn quánlì wánchéng le rènwu.

He spared no effort to complete the task.

HSK 6

她竭尽全力也没能改变结果。

Tā jiéjìn quánlì yě méi néng gǎibiàn jiéguǒ.

Even with all her effort, she couldn't change the outcome.

grammar

竭尽 almost always appears in fixed phrases: 竭尽全力 (spare no effort), 竭尽所能 (do everything one can). Rarely used on its own.

memory

竭 (exhaust) + 尽 (completely) - both characters mean 'to use up completely', reinforcing each other for emphasis.

竭 jié

尽 jìn