Chinese word dictionary

弃若敝屣

qì ruò bì xǐ · to throw away like worn out shoes

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Word information

Simplified弃若敝屣

Traditional棄若敝屣

Pinyinqì ruò bì xǐ

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

弃qì

to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget

若ruò

if, supposing, assuming; similar

敝bì

to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered

屣xǐ

sandals, slippers

How to learn 弃若敝屣

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

放弃fàngqì

to renounce; to abandon; to give up

丢弃diūqì

to discard; to abandon

废弃fèiqì

to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate

抛弃pāoqì

to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)

弃权qìquán

to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match

若ruò

to seem; like; as; if