彈盡糧絕

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	grain; provisions	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (彈盡糧絕)		彈	盡	糧	絕
simp. (弹尽粮绝)		弹	尽	粮	绝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànjìnliángjué

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^6-2 zeon⁶ loeng⁴ zyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànjìnliángjué
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjinnliangjyue
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànjìnliángjyué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ljɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan^6-2 zeon⁶ loeng⁴ zyut⁶
  - Yale: dáan jeuhn lèuhng jyuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 dzoen⁶ loeng⁴ dzyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan² zên⁶ lêng⁴ jud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːn²²⁻³⁵ t͡ʃɵn²² lœ̽ːŋ²¹ t͡ʃyːt̚²/

Idiom

彈盡糧絕

(literally, of an army) to run out of ammunition and food supply
(figuratively) to be in a desperate situation

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