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弃之如敝屣

qì zhī rú bì xǐ

5-character word Traditional 棄之如敝屣

What 弃之如敝屣 means

1. to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

The characters in 弃之如敝屣

• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
• 屣xǐslippers

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