bǒ

㝿

Character · AdjectiveTraditional跛

lame; crippled

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

adjective

lame; limping; crippled

archaic

Used in classical Chinese. The modern standard character is '跛'.

 《
Lǐ礼
Jì记
 》
yǒu有
yán言
 ：
 “
Lì立
wú毋
bǒ跛
 ，
zuò坐
wú毋
jī箕
 。
 ”

The Book of Rites says, 'When standing, do not stand in a lame posture; when sitting, do not sit with legs splayed like a winnowing basket.'

Cǐ此
rén人
yīn因
shāng伤
ér而
zú足
bǒ跛
 。

This person's foot is lame due to an injury.