黔qiánⅠ ? (黑色) black Ⅱ ? (貴州的別稱) another name for Guizhou Province ? (姓氏) a surname: ~ 敖 Qian Ao ◆黔驢技窮 be at [come to] one's wit's end; be at the end of one's rope; show feet of clay; have exhausted one's tricks; have exhausted one's bag of tricks; have no other tricks left to play; on one's last legs; The proverbial donkey in ancient Guizhou has exhausted its tricks.; with nothing much left up in the sleeves; 黔首 the common people (a term used in ancient China) |