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Meaning of 帚

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帚
Pinyin: zhǒu
English Definition: broom
Chinese Definition:
①扫除尘土、垃圾的用具:扫帚。笤帚。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 巾
Pictographic:A hand 巾 holding a broom with the head 彐 held up
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 彐 [ jì ] snout
    • ⿱ Above to below
      • 冖 [ mì ] cover
      • 巾 [ jīn ] cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Similar Characters: 帶
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Example Words
敝帚自珍 bì zhǒu zì zhēn to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a sentimental attachment
筅帚 xiǎn zhǒu (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
敝帚千金 bì zhǒu qiān jīn lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
More:帚* | *帚 | *帚*
Example Sentences
1
这是我的帚柄
,
这是我的帽子
。
Here is my broomstick, here is my hat.
2
这是我的帚柄
,
着是我的帽子
。
Here is my broomstick, here is my hat.
3
这个姑娘用掸帚很快地清扫了这个房间
。
The girl went over the room quickly with a duster.
4
由粘帚霉引发的过敏还没有很好的研究过
。
Allergenicity of Gliocladium sp. has not been well studied.
5
在一些图上
,
你经常看到一只黑猫在女巫的帚柄的后面
。
In pictures, you often see a black cat on the back of a witch's broomstick.