created sense approved 朽木粪土/朽木糞土 · xiǔmùfèntǔ · useless person or thing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
朽木粪土 / 朽木糞土
xiǔmùfèntǔ
useless person or thing
(idiom) Rotten wood and dirty soil; used to describe a worthless person who is beyond help or things that are completely useless. Derived from the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]] describing a student who was too lazy to be taught.
朽木 (literal) → 朽木 · xiǔmù · rotten wood 粪土 (literal) → 粪土/糞土 · fèntǔ · dung and dirt
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