Usage of the character 敝
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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)