彈盡援絕

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)	to help; to assist; to aid	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (彈盡援絕)		彈	盡	援	絕
simp. (弹尽援绝)		弹	尽	援	绝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànjìnyuánjué

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ zeon⁶ wun⁴ zyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànjìnyuánjué
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànjìnyuánjyué
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴-chin⁴-yüan²-chüeh²
  - Yale: dàn-jìn-ywán-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjinnyuanjyue
  - Palladius: даньцзиньюаньцзюэ (danʹczinʹjuanʹczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan⁶ zeon⁶ wun⁴ zyut⁶
  - Yale: daahn jeuhn wùhn jyuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ dzoen⁶ wun⁴ dzyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ zên⁶ wun⁴ jud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² t͡sɵn²² wuːn²¹ t͡syːt̚²/

Idiom

彈盡援絕

to run out of ammunition as reinforcements are also not forthcoming
(figuratively) to be in a desperate situation

Synonyms

彈盡糧絕／弹尽粮绝 (dànjìnliángjué)

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