Chinese word dictionary

殆尽

dài jìn · almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left

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Word information

Simplified殆尽

Traditional殆盡

Pinyindài jìn

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Character breakdown

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殆dài

almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger

尽jǐn

to exhaust, to use up, to deplete

How to learn 殆尽

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