Word information
Simplified筅帚
Traditional筅帚
Pinyinxiǎn zhǒu
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Chinese word dictionary
筅帚
xiǎn zhǒu · (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
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扫帚sàozhou
broom
炊帚chuī zhoupot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
笤帚tiáo zhouwhisk broom; small broom
扫帚星sào zhou xīngcomet; person who brings bad luck; jinx
敝帚千金bì zhǒu qiān jīnlit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
敝帚自珍bì zhǒu zì zhēnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a sentimental attachment