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Usage of the character 敝

[敝]
  • my (polite)
  • poor
  • ruined
  • shabby
  • worn out
  • defeated
diāobì
雕敝
[雕敝]
  • variant of 凋敝 (diāobì)
bìxǐ
敝屣
[敝屣]
  • worn-out shoes
  • a worthless thing
pòbì
破敝
[破敝]
  • shabby
  • damaged
diāobì
凋敝
[凋敝]
  • impoverished
  • destitute
  • hard
  • depressed (of business)
  • tattered
  • ragged
qìruòbìxǐ
弃若敝屣
[棄若敝屣]
  • to throw away like worn out shoes
mínshēngdiāobì
民生凋敝
[民生凋敝]
  • the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
shìrúbìxǐ
视如敝屣
[視如敝屣]
  • lit. to view as worn-out shoes (idiom)
  • fig. to consider to be worthless
bìxǐzūnróng
敝屣尊荣
[敝屣尊榮]
  • to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
bìzhǒuzìzhēn
敝帚自珍
[敝帚自珍]
  • to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
  • a sentimental attachment
bìzhǒuqiānjīn
敝帚千金
[敝帚千金]
  • lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
  • I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
qìzhīrúbìxǐ
弃之如敝屣
[棄之如敝屣]
  • to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)