朽 xiǔ
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xiǔ
adjective
rotten; decayed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '朽'; Guoyu '朽' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '朽' 1, p. 513; Unihan '朽'; XHZD '朽' 1, p. 842) -
xiǔ
adjective
senile; decrepit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '朽' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '朽' 1a, p. 513; XHZD '朽' 2, p. 842)
Contained in
- 衰朽 decaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling
- 枯朽 withered and rotten
- 朽烂(朽爛) rotten
- 朽木 rotten wood
- 颓朽(頹朽) decaying; rotten; decrepit
- 朽蠹 to decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots
- 不朽 immortality
- 永垂不朽 immortal; eternal glory; will never be forgotten
- 朽坏(朽壞) rotten
- 化腐朽为神奇(化腐朽為神奇) to change something rotten into something magical
- 腐朽 rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷61 薛安都 畢衆敬 沈文秀 張讜 田益宗 孟表 Volume 61: Xue Andou, Bi Zhongjing, Shen Wenxiu, Zhang Dang, Tian Yizong, Meng Biao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 13
- 卷三十九 列傳第二十七: 薛安都 劉休賓 房法壽 畢眾敬 羊祉 Volume 39 Biographies 27: Xue Andou, Liu Xiubin, Fang Fashou, Bi Zhongjing, Yan Zhi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 7
- 卷三十九 劉趙淳于江劉周趙列傳 Volume 39: Biographies of Liu, Zhao, Chunyu, Jiang, Liu, Zhou, Zhao Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 6
- 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷二十五 本紀第二十五: 道宗五 Volume 25 Annals 25: Daozong 5 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 4
- 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 4
- 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III Mozi 墨子 — count: 4
- 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye Book of Han 漢書 — count: 3
- 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
Collocations
- 朽骨 (朽骨) 足以朽骨 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 17
- 速朽 (速朽) 死欲速朽 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 12
- 足以朽 (足以朽) 足以朽肉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節用中 Book 6 - Economy of Expenditures II — count: 10
- 朽株 (朽株) 則以枯木朽株樹功而不忘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魯仲連鄒陽列傳》 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang — count: 7
- 朽败 (朽敗) 遣中謁者收葬京師客死無家屬及棺椁朽敗者 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五 孝安帝紀 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Xiao'an — count: 7
- 枯木朽 (枯木朽) 則以枯木朽株樹功而不忘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魯仲連鄒陽列傳》 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang — count: 7
- 朽肉 (朽肉) 足以朽肉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節用中 Book 6 - Economy of Expenditures II — count: 5
- 朽索 (朽索) 懍乎若朽索之馭六馬 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 5
- 拉朽 (拉朽) 若摧枯拉朽 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十 列傳第四十 應詹 甘卓 卞壼 劉超 鍾雅 Volume 70 Biographies 40: Ying Zhan; Gan Zhuo; Deng Qian; Bian Kun — count: 5
- 愚朽 (愚朽) 臣永幸得以愚朽之材為太中大夫 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye — count: 4