扫帚星 (掃帚星)
sào zhou xīng
Pinyin
Definition
扫帚星 (掃帚星)
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- comet
- jinx
- bearer of ill luck
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
寥若晨星
- 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
- 2 few and far between
- 3 sparse
急如星火
- 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
- 2 extremely urgent
敝帚千金
- 1 lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
- 2 I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
敝帚自珍
- 1 to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
- 2 a sentimental attachment
星星之火
- 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect