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敝

bì

Character

What 敝 means

1. my (polite)
2. poor
3. ruined
4. shabby
5. worn out
6. defeated

Words starting with 敝

• 敝帚自珍bì zhǒu zì zhēnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own…
• 敝屣bì xǐworn-out shoes; a worthless thing
• 敝屣尊荣bì xǐ zūn róngto care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
• 敝帚千金bì zhǒu qiān jīnlit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value…

Words containing 敝

• 凋敝diāo bìimpoverished; destitute; hard
• 破敝pò bìshabby; damaged
• 民生凋敝mín shēng diāo bìthe people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom)…
• 弃若敝屣qì ruò bì xǐto throw away like worn out shoes
• 视如敝屣shì rú bì xǐ(lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom); (fig.) to consider to be worthless
• 弃之如敝屣qì zhī rú bì xǐto toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
• 雕敝diāo bìvariant of 凋敝

Characters that look like 敝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze

Sounds the same

Read bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 必certainly; must; will
• 毕the whole of; to finish; to complete
• 避to avoid; to shun; to flee
• 闭to close; to stop up; to shut
• 币money; coins; currency
• 壁wall; rampart
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue