灾梨祸枣
zāi​lí​huò​zǎo

worthless book

  • created reference approved 灾梨祸枣/災梨禍棗 → 祸枣灾梨/禍棗災梨 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    灾梨祸枣 / 災梨禍棗 zāi​lí​huò​zǎo

    祸枣灾梨 / 禍棗災梨 huò​zǎo​zāi​lí

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 灾梨祸枣/災梨禍棗 · zāi​lí​huò​zǎo · worthless book — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    灾梨祸枣 / 災梨禍棗

    zāi​lí​huò​zǎo

    worthless book

    a book poorly written or of no value; literally refers to wasting pear and date wood which were used as printing blocks in ancient times

    灾 (literal) → 灾/災 · zāi · disaster 梨 (literal) → 梨 · lí · pear 祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · to harm 枣 (literal) → 枣/棗 · zǎo · jujube

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

    created sense