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竭尽

jié jìn

2-character word Traditional 竭盡

What 竭尽 means

1. to use up; to exhaust

The characters in 竭尽

• 竭jiéto exhaust
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end

Example sentences

• 我们已竭尽所能。
  We've done everything possible.
• 她为了他竭尽所能。
  Tā wèile tā jiéjìnsuǒnéng.
  She did everything she could for him.
• 汤姆竭尽全力追赶。
  Tom did his best to catch up.
• 他竭尽全力地讨好他老婆。
  Tā jiéjìnquánlì de tǎohǎo tā lǎopó.
  He bent over backward to please his wife.
• 汤姆和玛丽竭尽全力帮助约翰。
  Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì jiéjìnquánlì bāngzhù Yuēhàn.
  Tom and Mary did all they could to help John do that.
• 医生虽然已经竭尽全力，但不久病人还是死了。
  Yīshēng suīrán yǐjīng jiéjìnquánlì, dàn bù jiǔbìng rén háishi sǐ le.
  All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.

Words starting with 竭尽

• 竭尽全力jié jìn quán lì(idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost