敝
bi4Mathews: 5101
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 48.2
2nd Line★
(is) cracked, broken, worn out, damaged
井谷射鮒，甕敝漏。
The well is down low: shoot at the fish
The bucket is damaged and leaking
Stats: 66+8→ 54.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the) unworthy, ephemeral; disintegration +
澤上有雷，歸妹。君子以永終知敝。
Over the pond there is thunder
Little sister’s marriage
The noble young one uses enduring ends
to understand the ephemeral
→ 48.2
Homophones (bi)
鼻bi2(the) nose, snout匕bi3(the) ladle, spoon (full) (of)比bi3(to) accord, belong, combine, go together, join, affiliate, unite, associate (to, with); sort, compare, match, assemble, join, follow, (put, hold) together, draw an analogy (s, ed, ing); (to be) affiliated, paired (with), concordant, well- disposed; close, familiar; successive, comparable, analogous, similar; (a, the) union, belonging, affiliation, association, togetherness, congestion, commonality; on behalf of妣bi3grandmother; late, departed mother彼bi3that, those (targets, quarry); the ones賁bi4(to) adorn, dress (up), beautify, embellish, decorate, make graceful (s, ed, ing); (to be) elegant, brilliant, ornate, fancy, dressed up, sumptuous; superficial, nearsighted; (a, the) adornment, ornamentation; shell, treasure; model (s)閉bi4closed, shut, lo cked, barred, blocked (up)必bi4(these, they would) certain, sure (ly)辟bi4(and, to) avoid, shun; withdraw (s) from
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