敝
Ancient forms
2 forms- Oracle boneShang
- Small sealQin–Han
- 敝RegularToday
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Meaning
bì bi4
- my (polite)
- poor
- ruined
- shabby
- worn out
- defeated
Words with 敝
- 破敝pòbìshabby
- 凋敝diāobìimpoverished
- 敝屣bìxǐworn-out shoes
- 敝帚千金bìzhǒuqiānjīnlit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
- 敝帚自珍bìzhǒuzìzhēnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
- 弃若敝屣qìruòbìxǐto throw away like worn out shoes
- 敝屣尊荣bìxǐzūnróngto care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
- 民生凋敝mínshēngdiāobìthe people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
- 视如敝屣shìrúbìxǐlit. to view as worn-out shoes (idiom)