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Meaning of 帚

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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:
Pictographic:A hand holding a broom with the head held up
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] snout
    • Above to below
      • [ ] cover
      • [ jīn ] cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
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Example Words
敝帚自珍 zhǒu 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 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.
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Example Sentences
1
Here is my broomstick, here is my hat.
2
Here is my broomstick, here is my hat.
3
The girl went over the room quickly with a duster.
4
Allergenicity of Gliocladium sp. has not been well studied.
5
In pictures, you often see a black cat on the back of a witch's broomstick.