帚
zhǒu
Pinyin

Definition

帚
 - 
zhǒu
  1. broom
帚 (箒)
 - 
zhǒu
  1. variant of 帚[zhǒu]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

埽
sào
  1. 1 dike
  2. 2 old variant of 掃|扫[sào]
帚
zhǒu
  1. 1 variant: 帚 zhǒu

Related Words (3)

扫帚
sào zhou
  1. 1 broom
笤帚
tiáo zhou
  1. 1 whisk broom
  2. 2 small broom
  3. 3 classifier: 把 bǎ
扫帚星
sào zhou xīng
  1. 1 comet
  2. 2 jinx
  3. 3 bearer of ill luck

Idioms (2)

敝帚千金
bì zhǒu qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
  2. 2 I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
敝帚自珍
bì zhǒu zì zhēn
  1. 1 to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
  2. 2 a sentimental attachment

Sample Sentences

也是。想逃课就吃个让你狂流鼻血的糖，可以带自己的宠物，可以骑着扫帚飞来飞去，我也想去读这样的魔法学校。
yěshì 。xiǎng táokè jiù chī ge ràng nǐ kuáng liú bíxiě de táng ，kěyǐ dài zìjǐ de chǒngwù ，kěyǐ qí zhe sàozhou fēiláifēiqù ，wǒ yě xiǎngqù dú zhèyàng de mófǎ xuéxiào 。
For sure. Like if you want to get out of class, you can just eat a special candy that makes your nose bleed, or that you can bring your own pets, and fly all over the place on a broomstick. I'd like to go to a magic school like that, too.
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