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Character Decomposition
帚=彐+冖+巾
Etymology
A hand 巾 holding a broom with the head 彐 held up
Meanings
broom
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Words with 帚 44 total
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips炊帚chuī zhoubroom扫帚sào zhouwhisk broom · small broom · CL:把 bǎ笤帚tiáo zhou(dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips筅帚xiǎn zhǒucomet · person who brings bad luck; jinx扫帚星sào zhou xīnglit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value · I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.敝帚千金bì zhǒu qiān jīnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own · a sentimental attachment敝帚自珍bì zhǒu zì zhēn
Idioms with 帚 14 total Chain
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value · I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.敝帚千金bì zhǒu qiān jīnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own · a sentimental attachment敝帚自珍bì zhǒu zì zhēn(idiom) lit. a broken broom in one's own house is valued as a thousand pieces of gold; fig. one treasures what is one's own even if it is worthless; sometimes used as a self-deprecating expression家有敝帚，享之千金jia1 you3 bi4 zhou，xiǎng3 zhi1 qian1 jin1
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