敝
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
bì bi4
- my (polite)
- poor
- ruined
- shabby
- worn out
- defeated
Words with 敝
- 破敝 pòbì shabby
- 凋敝 diāobì impoverished
- 敝屣 bìxǐ worn-out shoes
- 敝帚千金 bìzhǒuqiānjīn lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
- 敝帚自珍 bìzhǒuzìzhēn to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
- 弃若敝屣 qìruòbìxǐ to throw away like worn out shoes
- 敝屣尊荣 bìxǐzūnróng to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
- 民生凋敝 mínshēngdiāobì the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
- 视如敝屣 shìrúbìxǐ lit. to view as worn-out shoes (idiom)