敝 - bì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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敝

bì

Definition

my (polite)
poor
ruined
shabby
worn out
defeated

Character Decomposition

Compounds (14)

彆

biè

to persuade someone to give up an idea; to persuade someone to change opinion; to change (somebody's) ways; to change (someone's) opinion; to make somebody change (their ways, opinions, etc)

幣

bì

money; coins; currency; silk

憋

biē

to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)

弊

bì

detriment; fraud; harm; defeat

撇

piě

to throw (away); to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

撇

piē

to throw (away); to cast away; to fling aside

瞥

piē

to shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash

鱉

biē

freshwater soft-shelled turtle

斃

bì

to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death

蔽

bì

to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal

limp

see 獙獙

phasianus pictus

rippling; pour

Related words (5)

敝屣

bì xǐ

worn-out shoes; a worthless thing

凋敝

diāo bì

impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged

shabby; damaged

to throw away like worn out shoes

視如敝屣

shì rú bì xǐ

to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes; to look on sth as worthless

Idioms (5)

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.

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

民生凋敝

mín shēng diāo bì

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

棄之如敝屣

qì zhī rú bì xǐ

to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

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