朽
xiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

朽
 - 
xiǔ
  1. rotten

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

不朽
bù xiǔ
  1. 1 immortal
  2. 2 immortality
朽
xiǔ
  1. 1 rotten
永垂不朽
yǒng chuí bù xiǔ
  1. 1 eternal glory
  2. 2 will never be forgotten
腐朽
fǔ xiǔ
  1. 1 rotten
  2. 2 decayed
  3. 3 decadent
  4. 4 degenerate
朽木
xiǔ mù
  1. 1 rotten wood

Idioms (1)

化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)

Sample Sentences

英国当代诗人西格夫里·萨松（Siegfried Sassoon）曾写过一行不朽的警句：“In me the tiger sniffe the rose”勉强把它译成中文，便是：“我心里有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇。”
Yīngguó dāngdài shīrén Xīgéfūlǐ ·Sàsōng （Siegfried Sassoon ）céng xiě guò yìháng bùxiǔ de jǐngjù ：“In me the tiger sniffe the rose ”miǎnqiǎng bǎ tā yìchéng Zhōngwén ，biàn shì ：“wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ zài xì xiù qiángwēi 。”
The modern British poet Siegfried Sassoon once wrote an immortal line of warning "In me the tiger sniffs the rose", for which, if you forced me to translate it into Chinese, I would use the phrase "我心里有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇" (There's a fierce tiger in my heart carefully sniffing at a rose).
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