worn-out shoes; worthless thing
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
worn-out shoes; something utterly worthless
literaryA classical literary term, always used metaphorically to indicate something considered to have little or no value, deserving to be discarded or disregarded.
Tā他
shì视
gōng功
míng名
lì利
lù禄
ruò若
bì敝
xǐ屣
。
He regards fame and fortune as being as worthless as worn-out shoes.
Zài在
zhuī追
qiú求
zhēn真
lǐ理
de的
dào道
lù路
shàng上
,
tā他
jiāng将
gè个
rén人
dé得
shī失
shì视
wéi为
bì敝
xǐ屣
。
On the path to seeking truth, he treated personal gain and loss as something worthless.
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Nà那
xiē些
chén陈
jiù旧
de的
guān观
niàn念
,
zǎo早
gāi该
bèi被
dàng当
zuò作
bì敝
xǐ屣
pāo抛
qì弃
le了
。
Those outdated concepts should have been discarded like worthless trash long ago.