sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline; at a dead end
trad. 日暮途窮
Also written 日暮途窮【rì mù tú qióng】
Characters in this word
4日
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(bound form) sun, day, day of the month, (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]), (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- Pinyin
- rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 723 of 2500
暮
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evening, sunset
- Pinyin
- mù
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 11014 of 2500
途
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way, route, road
- Pinyin
- tú
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 43268 of 2500
穷
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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500