窮凶極惡

穷凶极恶
qióngxiōngjíè
  1. fiendish
  2. black-hearted

CEDICT

形容十分凶惡。《漢書．卷九九．王莽傳下．贊曰》：「滔天虐民，窮凶極惡。」《三國志．卷四七．吳書．吳主權傳》：「始於董卓，終於曹操，窮凶極惡，以覆四海。」也作「窮凶極虐」。

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Homographs

窮凶極惡 qióngxiōngjí'è

Entry Composition

1 窮 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 兇 xiōng
3 極 jí
  1. extremely
  2. pole (geography, physics)
  3. utmost
  4. top
4 惡 è
  1. evil
  2. fierce
  3. vicious
  4. ugly
  5. coarse
  6. to harm

Related entries

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