祸枣灾梨
huò​zǎo​zāi​lí

to publish worthless writings

  • created sense approved 祸枣灾梨/禍棗災梨 · huò​zǎo​zāi​lí · to publish worthless writings — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祸枣灾梨 / 禍棗災梨

    huò​zǎo​zāi​lí

    to publish worthless writings

    (literary) used to describe the printing of useless books, literally meaning to bring disaster to the jujube and pear trees used as woodblocks for printing

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

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    created sense