朽 | ![]() | rotten | ![]() ![]() | |
Results beginning with 朽 | ||||
朽木 | xiǔ mù | rotten wood | ![]() ![]() | |
朽蠹 | xiǔ dù | to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots | ![]() | |
朽坏 | xiǔ huài | rotten | ![]() | |
朽烂 | xiǔ làn | rotten | ![]() ![]() | |
朽木可雕 | xiǔ mù kě diāo | (idiom) even though a person may have shortcomings, there is still room for improvement | ![]() | |
朽木不可雕 | xiǔ mù bù kě diāo | lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear | ![]() | |
Approximate Results for 朽 | ||||
不朽 | bù xiǔ | to last forever / eternal / enduring | ![]() ![]() | |
老朽 | lǎo xiǔ | decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) | ![]() ![]() | |
腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate | ![]() ![]() | |
衰朽 | shuāi xiǔ | decaying / decrepit / aged and crumbling | ![]() ![]() | |
枯朽 | kū xiǔ | withered and rotten | ![]() | |
颓朽 | tuí xiǔ | decaying / rotten / decrepit | ![]() | |
不朽的 | bù xiǔ de | immortal | ![]() | |
三不朽 | sān bù xiǔ | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]) | ![]() | |
永垂不朽 | yǒng chuí bù xiǔ | eternal glory / will never be forgotten | ![]() ![]() | |
化腐朽为神奇 | huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí | lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) | ![]() |