快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 几 幾 jī almost syn 差不多 chà bu duō almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad syn 几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost / nearly / practically syn 差点 差點 chà diǎn almost / nearly syn 疲惫 疲憊 pí bèi beaten / exhausted / tired syn 将近 將近 jiāng jìn almost / nearly / close to syn 精疲力尽 精疲力盡 jīng pí lì jìn spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / spent / drained / washed out syn 没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest syn 筋疲力尽 筋疲力盡 jīn pí lì jìn body weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / extremely tired / spent 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / spent / drained / washed out syn 枯萎 kū wěi to wilt / to wither / wilted / withered / drained / enervated / exhausted syn 劳累 勞累 láo lèi tired / exhausted / worn out / to toil syn 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ (idiom) very close / almost within reach / close at hand syn 枯竭 kū jié used up / dried up / exhausted (of resources) syn 险些 險些 xiǎn xiē narrowly / almost / nearly syn 累累 lèi lèi tired / exhausted / wretched / dejected / disappointed syn 鲜为人知 鮮為人知 xiǎn wéi rén zhī rarely known to anyone (idiom) / almost unknown / secret to all but a few syn 心力交瘁 xīn lì jiāo cuì to be both mentally and physically exhausted (idiom) syn 倦怠 juàn dài worn out / exhausted / dispirited 山穷水尽 山窮水盡 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go syn 平缓 平緩 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate / mild-mannered / gentle syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 告罄 gào qìng to run out / to have exhausted syn 疲累 pí lèi tired / exhausted 用光 yòng guāng out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted 狼狈不堪 狼狽不堪 láng bèi bù kān battered and exhausted / stuck in a dilemma syn 疲弱 pí ruò tired / weak / exhausted syn 坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted syn 尽 盡 jìn to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely syn 垂 chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn 匮 匱 kuì to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted syn 不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn 人困马乏 人困馬乏 rén kùn mǎ fá riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued syn 千儿八百 千兒八百 qiān r bā bǎi (coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand 惫 憊 bèi exhausted syn 殆 dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 七七八八 qī qī bā bā almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds 阿留申群岛 阿留申群島 ā liú shēn qún dǎo Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) 以逸待劳 以逸待勞 yǐ yì dài láo to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom) 伯仲之间 伯仲之間 bó zhòng zhī jiān almost on a par syn 万儿八千 萬兒八千 wàn r bā qiān ten thousand or almost ten thousand 杜鹃啼血 杜鵑啼血 dù juān tí xuè lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief 横躺竖卧 橫躺豎臥 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place / exhausted and in disarray syn 民穷财尽 民窮財盡 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom) / to drive the nation to bankruptcy syn 穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end syn 几乎完全 幾乎完全 jī hū wán quán almost entirely / almost completely 几乎不可能 幾乎不可能 jī hū bù kě néng almost impossible 几欲 幾欲 jī yù almost / nearly going to 几至 幾至 jī zhì almost 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 微漠 wēi mò faint (almost inaudible or invisible) 靡不有初，鲜克有终 靡不有初，鮮克有終 mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom) / don't start sth you can't handle 准环礁 zhǔn huán jiāo almost atoll 几可乱真 幾可亂真 jī kě luàn zhēn to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing 差点没 差點沒 chà diǎn méi almost / nearly / (i.e. same as 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]) 勯 dān exhausted 凅 gù dried up / dry / exhausted / tired 力尽神危 力盡神危 lì jìn shén wēi (idiom) physically and mentally exhausted 匮竭 匱竭 kuì jié exhausted 丧失殆尽 喪失殆盡 sàng shī dài jìn to be used up / to be exhausted 攰 guì totally exhausted (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 累[lei4] 磬竭 qìng jié used up / exhausted / emptied 穷竭心计 窮竭心計 qióng jié xīn jì to remain cunning even though exhausted (idiom) syn 穷饿 窮餓 qióng è exhausted and hungry 累坏 累壞 lèi huài to become exhausted 绝粮 絕糧 jué liáng provisions are exhausted / out of food 罄匮 罄匱 qìng kuì used-up / exhausted 阑殚 闌殫 lán dān tired and exhausted 身心俱疲 shēn xīn jù pí physically and emotionally exhausted 累觉不爱 累覺不愛 lèi jué bù ài (lit.) so exhausted (by difficulties in a relationship) that one feels one could never fall in love again (Internet slang) / disenchanted with sth 劳倦 勞倦 láo juàn exhausted / worn out 十六字诀 十六字訣 shí liù zì jué 16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退，敵駐我擾，敵疲我打，敵退我追|敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追[di2 jin4 wo3 tui4 , di2 zhu4 wo3 rao3 , di2 pi2 wo3 da3 , di2 tui4 wo3 zhui1] when the enemy advances we retreat / when the enemy makes camp we harass / when the enemy is exhausted we fight / and when the enemy retreats we pursue 疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 pí bèi bù kān exhausted / fatigued to the extreme syn 脱力 脫力 tuō lì exhausted 心累 xīn lèi emotionally exhausted / drained 力竭 lì jié exhausted / worn out 