敝帚自珍
Traditional form:
敝帚自珍
Pinyin (reading):
bìzhǒuzìzhēn
Definitions:
- to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
- a sentimental attachment
Characters:
- 敝 - to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
- 帚 - broom, broomstick
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 珍 - a treasure, a precious thing; rare, valuable
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