VocabularyHSK 5 · core

精疲力尽

jīngpílìjìn

utterly exhausted

Part of speech · phrase

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Examples

跑完马拉松,他精疲力尽。
After the marathon, he was utterly exhausted.
照顾病人让她精疲力尽。
Caring for the patient left her completely worn out.

Collocations

累得精疲力尽感到精疲力尽精疲力竭筋疲力尽

Mnemonic

精疲力尽 is a four-character idiom (chengyu): the spirit (精) is worn out (疲) and strength (力) is spent (尽), i.e. utterly exhausted, drained to the last. It is built as a parallel couplet pairing 精/力 (spirit/strength) with 疲/尽 (worn/spent). It is far stronger than plain tiredness (疲倦). Variants with the same sense are 筋疲力尽 and 精疲力竭.

疲倦筋疲力尽疲惫不堪力不从心

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