敝 bì
adjective
my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: An ancient place name
Contained in
- 振衰起敝 to provide care to a patient, the cause of harm must be removed
- 破敝 shabby; damaged
- 敝屣 worn-out shoes; a worthless thing
- 民生凋敝 the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution; a time of famine and impoverishment
- 视如敝屣(視如敝屣) to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes; to look on something as worthless
- 凋敝 impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged
- 敝帚千金 my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold; sentimental value
- 弃之如敝屣(棄之如敝屣) to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes
- 弃若敝屣(棄若敝屣) to throw away like worn out shoes
- 敝帚自珍 to value the broom as one's own; to attach value to something because it is one's own
- 敝屣尊荣(敝屣尊榮) to care nothing for worldly fame and glory
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 41
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 33
- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 13
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 11
- 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 11
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 10
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 10
- 卷二十一 趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 10
- 卷二百零 列傳第一百二十五 儒學下 Volume 200 Biographies 125: Confucian Scholars 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 10
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 9
Collocations
- 敝邑 (敝邑) 敝邑以賦與陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 101
- 敝赋 (敝賦) 將悉敝賦 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6
- 敝笱 (敝笱) 敝笱 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧敝笱 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Bi Gou — count: 6
- 腆敝 (腆敝) 不腆敝邑為從者之淹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
- 罢敝 (罷敝) 庶民罷敝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 敝器 (敝器) 不腆敝器 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
- 敝车 (敝車) 將具敝車而行 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 敝予 (敝予) 敝予又改為兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧緇衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Zi Yi — count: 3
- 敝庐 (敝廬) 猶有先人之敝廬在 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 俗敝 (俗敝) 刑肅而俗敝 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 2