How it used to be written
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他为了活下去竭尽全力,所以他从来不想谈起这件事。
He did everything to be able to survive, hence he never wants to talk about it.
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他声嘶力竭地叫道:「这场仗,我们不可以输!」
He shouted at the top of his voice, "This is a battle we cannot lose."
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他竭尽全力地讨好他老婆。
He bent over backward to please his wife.
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你精疲力竭的面孔有时会出现在我眼前。
Sometimes that tired-out face of yours appears in front of my eyes.
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医生虽然已经竭尽全力,但不久病人还是死了。
All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.
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她为了他竭尽所能。
She did everything she could for him.
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我们已竭尽所能。
We've done everything possible.
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我灵感枯竭了。
My inspiration has run dry.