汉英词典
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MEANING OF 黔驴技穷
黔驴技穷 (黔驢技窮)
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
黔 The area around Guizhou Province today / 技 skill / 穷 Exhausted / A little bit of limited metaphor has also been used up
语出柳宗元《三戒·黔之驴》黔中无驴,有人带入,放于山下。虎见而惧,观察良久,未见驴有什么能耐,便试着去招惹,驴怒而用腿踢。虎大喜,曰技止此耳”,便将驴吃了◇用黔驴技穷”比喻有限的本领已经用尽,再没有别的办法了。
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