Keyword
ruined
- to break
- to destroy
- tattered
- Frequency
- #4004
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
bì
Mnemonic
攵 (strike) gives the meaning.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
敝
my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
凋敝
impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged
敝屣
worn-out shoes; a worthless thing
民生凋敝
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
敝帚自珍
to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a sentimental attachment