Memory phrase for the character: 敝
敝
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Meaning
shabby, poor, worn out, (humble) I, my
Pronunciation
bì
Explanation
Left: variation of thorn 策, right: hit, strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Mnemonic
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The cloth is hit/smashed into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.
Radicals
攴
rap, strike Shows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌 彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
敝
shabby, poor (modest) I, myself
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Vocabulary
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凋敝
diāo bì
impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged
视如敝屣
shì rú bì xǐ
to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes; to look on sth as worthless
破敝
pò bì
shabby; damaged
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
民生凋敝
mín shēng diāo bì