"敝" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 11
Structure
Decomp. 敝攵
Prononciation
Mandarin
Entry Methods
Pinyin bi4
Kanji /
Cangjie
FBOK
火月人乂
Sijiao 9824.0
Wubi UMIT
CNS 11643 1-5A71
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+655D
GB2312 B1D6
BIG5 B1CD
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 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated
Results beginning with 敝
 bì xǐ worn-out shoes / a worthless thing
 bì zhǒu zì zhēn to value the broom as one's own (idiom) / to attach value to sth because it is one's own / a sentimental attachment
 bì xǐ zūn róng to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
 bì zhǒu qiān jīn lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom) / fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
Approximate Results for 敝
 diāo bì impoverished / destitute / hard / depressed (of business) / tattered / ragged
 diāo bì variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4]
 pò bì shabby / damaged
 mín shēng diāo bì the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom) / a time of famine and impoverishment
 qì ruò bì xǐ to throw away like worn out shoes
 shì rú bì xǐ to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes / to look on sth as worthless
 qì zhī rú bì xǐ to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
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