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彈盡糧絕 (daan6 zoen6 loeng4 zyut6) — to be out of ammunition and food staples; to be in dire circumstances during a war in Cantonese

daanˍ₆彈zoenˍ₆盡loengˎ₄糧zyutˍ₆絕
简 弹尽粮绝
Mandarin Pinyin: dan4 jin4 liang2 jue2

Meaning of 彈盡糧絕

nounto be out of ammunition and food staples; to be in dire circumstances during a war

Characters in 彈盡糧絕

彈daan2
elasticity; spring; stretch
盡zeon6
all; exhaustive; full of
糧loeng4
grain tax paid in kind
絕zyut6
cut/break off; sever

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