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枯竭

kū jié

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

枯竭 (kū jié) means "used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 枯竭 means

1. used up
2. dried up
3. exhausted (of resources)

The characters in 枯竭

• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 竭jiéto exhaust

Example sentences

• 我灵感枯竭了。
  My inspiration has run dry.

Where 枯竭 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · kuà–kū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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