收残缀轶 — Chinese idiom
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
Traditional: 收殘綴軼
Meaning
- to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged
Character by character
- 收shōuto collect, to gather, to harvest
- 残cánto injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, s
- 缀zhuìto connect, to join; to patch up, to stitch togeth
- 轶yìto surpass, to overtake, to excel
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shi
- 兼收并蓄 jiān shōu bìng xù
- 名利双收 míng lì shuāng shōu
- 坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì
- 收旗卷伞 shōu qí juǎn sǎn
- 泼水难收 pō shuǐ nán shōu
- 美不胜收 měi bù shèng shōu
- 草率收兵 cǎo shuài shōu bīng
- 草草收兵 cǎo cǎo shōu bīng
- 覆水难收 fù shuǐ nán shōu
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