pò
粕
dregs; lees
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesnoun
dregs; lees; leftover residue
literaryThis is a literary and formal term, rarely used in daily spoken Chinese on its own, often paired with other characters like 糟粕 or 豆渣.
jiǔ酒
zāo糟
shì是
niàng酿
jiǔ酒
hòu后
de的
zāo糟
pò粕
。
Distillers' grains are the dregs left after brewing wine.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
lǐ里
quán全
shì是
xiē些
zāo糟
pò粕
，
méi没
yǒu有
rèn任
hé何
jià价
zhí值
。
This article is full of worthless dregs and has no value at all.
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dòu豆
fu腐
zuò作
fāng坊
huì会
chǎn产
shēng生
dà大
liàng量
de的
dòu豆
pò粕
。
Tofu workshops produce large amounts of soybean dregs.
Tā他
bǎ把
zhè这
xiē些
méi没
yòng用
de的
zāo糟
pò粕
dōu都
rēng扔
diào掉
le了
。
He threw away all these useless dregs.
gǔ古
dài代
wén文
rén人
cháng常
jiāng将
fǔ腐
xiǔ朽
de的
sī思
xiǎng想
chì斥
wèi为
zāo糟
pò粕
。
Ancient scholars often denounced outdated, decadent ideas as worthless dregs.