Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 敝

敝

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shabby, poor, worn out, (humble) I, my

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Left: variation of thorn 策, right: hit, strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

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

攴	rap, strike	(Shows 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)

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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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