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削木为吏
xuē​mù​wéi​lì

refuse humiliation

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 削 xuē
    to pare
    (bound form) used in literary or fixed compounds to mean pare or whittle
  2. 木 mù adjectivenoun
    wooden
    (bound form) made of wood; wooden
  3. 为 為 wéi verbpreposition
    to be
    to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as
  4. 吏 lì
    official
    (bound form) a general term for government officials in imperial China