Chinese symbol for “defeated”
敝
bì
my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby
The closest CC-CEDICT match for defeated is 敝 (bì), defined as: my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “defeated”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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. |
See also: Japanese symbol for “defeated”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.