敝

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my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

strike

components: 攵 ? unknown part

Characters built with 敝 as their sound component

These characters all use 敝 (bì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
敝 sound component	bì	to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
蔽	bì	to cover, to hide, to shelter
撇	piě	to abandon, to discard
鳖	biē	turtle
憋	biē	to stifle, to restrain, to choke; to suppress one's inner feelings
瞥	piē	to take a fleeting glance at

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
弃之如敝屣	qì zhī rú bì xǐ	to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
破敝	pò bì	shabby; damaged
敝帚千金	bì zhǒu qiān jīn	lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be …
民生凋敝	mín shēng diāo bì	the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverish…
视如敝屣	shì rú bì xǐ	(lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom); (fig.) to consider to be worthless
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…
雕敝	diāo bì	variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4]
弃若敝屣	qì ruò bì xǐ	to throw away like worn out shoes
敝屣尊荣	bì xǐ zūn róng	to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
凋敝	diāo bì	impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged
敝屣	bì xǐ	worn-out shoes; a worthless thing