jìn

to use up

to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely

ruler (尺) + remnant drops (⺀) = used up to the very end

The ruler (尺) marks the full length — once you've measured to the end, there's nothing left. The two dots (⺀) historically suggest drips or remnants, reinforcing the sense of something fully spent.

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他把水壶里的水喝了。

tā bǎ shuǐ hú lǐ de shuǐ hē jìn le。

He drank up all the water in the kettle.

了全力,还是没能完成任务。

tā jìn le quán lì,hái shì méi néng wán chéng rèn wù。

She exhausted every effort, but still could not finish the task.

Words with 尽

野火烧不尽,春风吹又生

yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)

钟鸣漏尽

zhōng míng lòu jìn

past one's prime

除不尽

chú bù jìn

indivisible (math)

除恶务尽

chú è wù jìn

to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness

鞠躬尽力

jū gōng jìn lì

to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost

鞠躬尽瘁

jū gōng jìn cuì

to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost

鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已

jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life

鸟尽弓藏

niǎo jìn gōng cáng

lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

一网打尽

yī wǎng dǎ jìn

lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)

一言难尽

yī yán nán jìn

hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

一饮而尽

yī yǐn ér jìn

to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)

不尽

bù jìn

not completely

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