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
 
The cloth is hit/smashed into four pieces and is then as shabby as I am.

Radicals

攴 rap, strikeShows 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




 Vocabulary

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
 

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