油干火尽 — “Resources are completely exhausted”
油干火尽 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Resources are completely exhausted”. Utterly depleted. Literally, “Oil runs out and fire extinguishes”.
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油干火尽 Pronunciation and Pinyin
油干火尽 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 油干火尽
这家小店由于经营不善，最终油干火尽，不得不关门歇业。
Due to poor management, the small shop eventually ran out of resources and had to close down.
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Synonyms of 油干火尽
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- yóu油guāng光kě可jiàn鉴Sleek and lustrous
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- yóu油guāng光shuǐ水huá滑Sleek, glossy, or slick and evasive
- yóu油zuǐ嘴yóu油shé舌glib and slick in speech
- yóu油zuǐ嘴huá滑shé舌smooth-tongued and glib
- yóu油zuǐ嘴gǒu狗shé舌glib, insincere, and vulgar talk
- yóu油zuǐ嘴huā花chún唇glib-tongued and insincere
- yóu油bì壁xiāng香chē车an elegant carriage for women
- yóu油tóu头guāng光gùn棍a slick-haired dissolute bachelor
- yóu油tóu头huá滑nǎo脑slick, glib, and cunning
- yóu油tóu头huá滑liǎn脸slick, cunning, and glib
- yóu油tóu头huá滑miàn面slick, cunning, and untrustworthy
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What does 油干火尽 mean?
油干火尽 (yóu gān huǒ jìn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Resources are completely exhausted”.
How do you pronounce 油干火尽?
油干火尽 is pronounced yóu gān huǒ jìn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 油干火尽 literally mean?
Literally, 油干火尽 means “Oil runs out and fire extinguishes”. It is used to mean “Resources are completely exhausted”.
What is the Chinese definition of 油干火尽?
形容罄尽。