Usage of the character 銹
xiù
锈
[銹]
- variant of 鏽／锈 (xiù)
xiùshí
锈蚀
[銹蝕]
- corrosion
- rust
fángxiù
防锈
[防銹]
- rust prevention
- anti-corrosion
shēngxiù
生锈
[生銹]
- to rust
- to grow rusty
- to corrode
- oxidization
bùxiùgāng
不锈钢
[不銹鋼]
- stainless steel
nǎozishēngxiù
脑子生锈
[腦子生銹]
- lit. brains rusty
- ossified thinking
yǒngbùshēngxiùdeluósīdīng
永不生锈的螺丝钉
[永不生銹的螺絲釘]
- a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒／雷锋 ( Léi Fēng), to whom the metaphor is attributed
dāobùmóyàoshēngxiù,rénbùxuéyàoluòhòu
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
[刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後]
- (idiom) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study