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弹尽援绝

dàn jìn yuán juédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom) / in desperate straits
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-521a16332985887a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

彈盡援絕 弹尽援绝 [dan4 jin4 yuan2 jue2] /out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits/

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Other forms in these source records: 彈盡援絕

  • 弹
    dàn

    crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball

    tán

    to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

  • 尽
    jǐn

    to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

    jìn

    to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

  • 援
    yuán

    to help / to assist / to aid

  • 绝
    jué

    to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

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