朽
decayed, rotten; rotten
- Strokes
- 6
- Pinyin
- xiǔ
Parts
Words with 朽
- 不朽bù xiǔ · buxiuto last forever; eternal; enduring
- 朽坏xiǔ huài · xiuhuairotten
- 朽木xiǔ mù · xiumurotten wood
- 朽烂xiǔ làn · xiulanrotten
- 朽蠹xiǔ dù · xiuduto decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots
- 枯朽kū xiǔ · kuxiuwithered and rotten
- 老朽lǎo xiǔ · laoxiudecrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
- 腐朽fǔ xiǔ · fuxiurotten; decayed; decadent
- 衰朽shuāi xiǔ · shuaixiudecaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling
- 颓朽tuí xiǔ · tuixiudecaying; rotten; decrepit
- 三不朽sān bù xiǔ · sanbuxiuthe three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
- 永垂不朽yǒng chuí bù xiǔ · yongchuibuxiueternal glory; will never be forgotten
- 朽木不可雕xiǔ mù bù kě diāo · xiumubukediaolit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom); fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- 化腐朽为神奇huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí · huafuxiuweishenqilit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)