MEANING/意义
    枯
      
  • kū
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    skinny; emaciated; uninteresting; (of plant)  withered; (of river or well)  dried up; (dialect)  dregs of sesame or soybean
    Type adjective/形容词; character/汉字  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 干枯的树枝
      
      
    gān kū de shù zhī
      
    sound for pinyin
    withered branches

  • 一将功成万骨枯
      
      
    yí jiàng gōng chéng wàn gǔ kū
      
    sound for pinyin
    A general builds his success on ten thousand bleaching bones
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 枯萎
      
    kū wěi
      
    sound for pinyin
    wilted; drained; to wilt; withered; enervated; exhausted; to wither

  • 枯燥
      
    kū zào
      
    sound for pinyin
    dry-as-dust; dry and dull; uninteresting

  • 枯燥
      
    kū zào
      
    sound for pinyin
    dry; boring (e.g. movie) 

  • 枯竭
      
    kū jié
      
    sound for pinyin
    dried up; exhausted

  • 枯萎
      
    kū wěi
      
    sound for pinyin
    wilted; withered

  • 枯肠
      
    kū cháng
      
    sound for pinyin
    empty belly; metaphorically means impoverished mind with no new ideas or good expressions

  • 枯井
      
    kū jǐng
      
    sound for pinyin
    dry well

  • 枯涩
      
    kū sè
      
    sound for pinyin
    dull and heavy
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