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shabby
worn-out shoes
impoverished
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold
lit. to view as worn-out shoes
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution
to value the broom as one's own
to throw away like worn out shoes
to care nothing for worldly fame and glory
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to stifle, to restrain, to choke
Top-bottom structureto abandon, to discard
Left-right structurecurrency, coins, legal tender
Top-bottom structureevil, bad, wrong
Top-bottom structureto cover, to hide, to shelter
Top-bottom structureawkward
Top-bottom structureto take a fleeting glance at
Top-bottom structureto kill
Top-bottom structureDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.