户枢不蠹 — Chinese idiom
户枢不蠹
hù shū bù dù
Traditional: 戶樞不蠹
Meaning
- lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
- constant activity prevents decay
Character by character
- 户hùdoor; family
- 枢shūdoor hinge; pivot; center of power
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 蠹dùmoth, bookworm; moth-eaten, worm-eaten
Idioms sharing a character
- 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
- 夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù
- 大户人家 dà hù rén jiā
- 家喻户晓 jiā yù hù xiǎo
- 家家户户 jiā jiā hù hù
- 户告人晓 hù gào rén xiǎo
- 户限为穿 hù xiàn wéi chuān
- 柴门小户 chái mén xiǎo hù
- 蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu
- 蓬门筚户 péng mén bì hù
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