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敝
bì
1.
my (polite)
2.
poor
3.
ruined
4.
shabby
5.
worn out
6.
defeated
Uncommon • Top 26%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (11)
凋敝
diāobì
impoverished
敝屣
bìxǐ
worn-out shoes
破敝
pòbì
shabby
雕敝
diāobì
variant of [[凋敝<diāobì>]]
民生凋敝
mínshēngdiāobì
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
敝帚千金
bìzhǒuqiānjīn
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
弃若敝屣
qìruòbìxǐ
to throw away like worn out shoes
敝帚自珍
bìzhǒuzìzhēn
to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
视如敝屣
shìrúbìxǐ
to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes
敝屣尊荣
bìxǐzūnróng
to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
弃之如敝屣
qìzhīrúbìxǐ
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 3,258
- Word Frequency Rank
- 22,268 of 84,292