| roots | pinyin, English |
| 穴躬 | xué cave, göng body [göng bow (bent over hole)] |
| lead inevitably to silence | L1 |
| lead only to a dead end | L2 |
| come to a dead end | WC |
| more words count less | FE |
| exhausted | PC, JL |
| one's reckoning is exhausted | EC |
| only wastes it | RP |
| will get you nowhere | WW |
| leads to limitations | C1 |
| leads to utter exhaustion | VM, PI - utter |
| means frequent exhaustion | RH |
| exhaust themselves on it | WO |
| by many words is wit exhausted | LY |
| exhausting | AL |
| go on failing and failing | DH |
| hasten failure | DL |
| soon spent | AW |
| destined to end | DC |
| count as few | GR |
| Yet it can not exhausted | FE, GR |
| Its function is without exhaustion | DL |
| yet functions without exhaustion | CM |
| inexhaustible | AL, EC, DC, WC |
| thus it becomes inexhaustible in its effect | WO |
| Exhaustion never shall stem the tide | JL |
| its work unexhausted remaineth | PC |
| Yet use will not drain it | L1, PI |
| but you can't use it up | LG |
| yet it never runs dry | RP |
| but its usefulness never runs dry | DH |
| Its application leads to limitlessness | C1 |
| will not fail | LY, AW |
| endless | W1 |
| never comes to an end | WW |