殫精竭慮

Chinese

		entirely; to exhaust	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	exhaust	anxiety
trad. (殫精竭慮)		殫	精	竭	慮
simp. (殚精竭虑)		殚	精	竭	虑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānjīngjiélǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ zing¹ kit³ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānjīngjiélǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danjingjiélyù
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-ching¹-chieh²-lü⁴
    • Yale: dān-jīng-jyé-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danjingjyeliuh
    • Palladius: даньцзинцзелюй (danʹczinczeljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ zing¹ kit³ leoi⁶
    • Yale: dāan jīng kit leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ dzing¹ kit⁸ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ jing¹ kid³ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰiːt̚³ lɵy̯²²/

Idiom

殫精竭慮

1. to exhaust one's energy and rack one's brain