黔驴技穷

qiánlǘjìqióng

the (proverbial) Guizhou donkey has exhausted its tricks—at one's wit's end; at the end of one's rope

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All tricks have been exhausted.

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All tricks have been exhausted.

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Qian2 lu:2 ji4 qiong2

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

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黔驴技穷

qián lǘ jì qióng

be at (come to) one's wit's end; be at the end of one's rope; show feet of clay; have exhausted one's tricks; have exhausted one's bag of tricks; have no other tricks left to play; on one's last legs; The proverbial donkey in ancient Guizhou has exhausted its tricks.; with nothing much left up in the sleeves

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黔驢技窮|黔驴技穷 [Qián lu jì qióng] ► to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)