朽木不可雕 xiǔmùbùkědiāo you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 朽木不可雕 xiǔmùbùkědiāo you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (idiom) literally "rotten wood cannot be carved," meaning a person is so worthless or stubborn that they cannot be taught or improved; used to describe someone who is beyond help or lacks any potential Frequency Written text 0.061 per million Cross-References Variant of 朽木不可雕也 xiǔmùbùkědiāoyěReferenced by 朽木 xiǔmùHas variant 朽木不雕 xiǔmùbùdiāo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
朽木不可雕 xiǔmùbùkědiāo you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (idiom) literally "rotten wood cannot be carved," meaning a person is so worthless or stubborn that they cannot be taught or improved; used to describe someone who is beyond help or lacks any potential Frequency Written text 0.061 per million Cross-References Variant of 朽木不可雕也 xiǔmùbùkědiāoyěReferenced by 朽木 xiǔmùHas variant 朽木不雕 xiǔmùbùdiāo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
