弊車羸馬
bì​chē​léi​mǎ

shabby carriage and weak horse

  • created sense approved 弊车羸马/弊車羸馬 · bì​chē​léi​mǎ · shabby carriage and weak horse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弊车羸马 / 弊車羸馬

    bì​chē​léi​mǎ

    shabby carriage and weak horse

    shabby carriage and weak horse; used to describe a lifestyle of simple living and extreme frugality, or as a metaphor for an incorruptible and honest official

    弊 (literal) → 弊 · bì · worn out 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle 羸 (literal) → 羸 · léi · weak 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense