穷凶极恶

窮凶極惡
qióngxiōngjíè
  1. fiendish
  2. black-hearted

CEDICT

形容十分凶恶。《汉书．卷九九．王莽传下．赞曰》：「滔天虐民，穷凶极恶。」《三国志．卷四七．吴书．吴主权传》：「始于董卓，终于曹操，穷凶极恶，以覆四海。」也作「穷凶极虐」。

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Homographs

穷凶极恶 qióngxiōngjí'è

Entry Composition

1 穷 qióng
  1. poor
  2. destitute
  3. to use up
  4. to exhaust
  5. thoroughly
  6. extremely
  7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
=2 凶 xiōng
  1. terrible
  2. fearful
=2 凶 xiōng
  1. vicious
  2. fierce
  3. ominous
  4. inauspicious
  5. famine
  6. variant of 凶 xiōng
3 极 jí
  1. extremely
  2. pole (geography, physics)
  3. utmost
  4. top
4 恶 è
  1. evil
  2. fierce
  3. vicious
  4. ugly
  5. coarse
  6. to harm

Related entries

凶恶 xiōngè
  1. fierce
  2. ferocious
  3. fiendish
  4. frightening
凶恶 xiōngè
  1. variant of 凶恶, fierce
  2. ferocious
  3. fiendish
  4. frightening