kū zào
dry and dull
uninteresting
dry-as-dust
kū jié
used up
dried up
exhausted (of resources)
kū wěi
to wilt
to wither
wilted
withered
drained
enervated
exhausted
hǎi kū shí làn
lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
fig. forever
until the end of time
kū shuǐ qī
period of low water level (winter in north China)
kū shuǐ
scarce water
low water level
kū gǎo
withered
haggard
languid
without energy
sōu suǒ kū cháng
to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
Bā kū níng zhǔ yì
Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
kū mù féng chūn
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
fig. to get a new lease on life
to be revived
(of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
hēi kū míng
black cumin
Nigella sativa