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The character 竭, meaning to exhaust or drain, is structured as a phono-semantic compound with the semantic component 立, which relates to standing or bringing to a stop, and the phonetic component 曷. Its etymology centers on the idea of causing something to cease or dry up, leading to its core meaning of depletion. Over time, the character has been used to describe both physical phenomena, such as the drying of liquids, and abstract expenditures, like the using up of strength or resources, maintaining a consistent focus on the concept of complete consumption.
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他学习时竭尽全力。
整个社区竭力帮助受灾家庭。
团队必须竭诚合作才能成功。
保护水资源，防止其枯竭。
诗人用尽了他创造的才思，终于衰竭了。
政府承诺将竭尽所能改善民生。
他的生命之火虽弱，却永不竭灭。
这种竭泽而渔的发展模式是不可持续的。