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蹩

bié

Character

What 蹩 means

1. to limp
2. to sprain (an ankle or wrist)
3. to move carefully, as if evading a danger
4. to scurry

Example sentences

• 他的英语很蹩脚。
  His English is very poor.
• 人生如梦，如影随形，像个蹩脚的演员，在舞台上虚张声势、矫揉造作一小时，然后便销声匿迹。人生如白痴讲的故事，喧嚣吵杂，却毫无意义。
  Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Words starting with 蹩

• 蹩脚bié jiǎoinferior; shoddy; lousy

Characters built on 敝

These share the phonetic component 敝 (bì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 憋biēto choke; to stifle; to restrain
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle

Characters that look like 蹩

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

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 嚣xiāoclamor
• 鹭lùheron
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle
• 瞽gǔblind; undiscerning

Sounds the same

Read bié, tone for tone, but written differently.

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