敝 — Chinese character
敝
bì
to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
- Pinyin
- bì
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 攵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strike; meaning component 攵
- Japanese
- 敝 as a kanji
Common words with 敝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凋敝 | diāo bì | impoverished; destitute |
| 敝屣 | bì xǐ | worn-out shoes; a worthless thing |
| 民生凋敝 | mín shēng diāo bì | the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment |
| 敝帚自珍 | 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 |
| 敝屣尊荣 (敝屣尊榮) | bì xǐ zūn róng | to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom) |
| 敝帚千金 | 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. |
| 弃若敝屣 (棄若敝屣) | qì ruò bì xǐ | to throw away like worn out shoes |
| 破敝 | pò bì | shabby; damaged |
| 视如敝屣 (視如敝屣) | shì rú bì xǐ | (lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom); (fig.) to consider to be worthless |
| 雕敝 | diāo bì | variant of 凋敝 (diāo bì) |
English words written with 敝
敝 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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