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We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「計窮慮盡」, explained below.

Let’s learn about the idiom 「計窮慮盡」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

It means that all plans have been exhausted. Same as “run out of ideas and think to the extreme”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jì qióng lǜ jìn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gai3/gai2 kung4 leui6 jeun6

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