朽木 (xiǔ mù) — rotten wood (literal); hopeless case; a good-for-nothing (figurative)

定義

A literal–figurative pair: 'rotten wood' used as a metaphor for a hopeless, useless person (朽木不可雕 — 'rotten wood cannot be carved'). Common in literary or critical contexts.

noun
rotten wood (literal)hopeless casea good-for-nothing (figurative)
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例文

  • 朽木
    Zhè kuài xiǔ mù yǐ jīng bù néng yòng le.
    This piece of rotten wood is no longer usable.
  • 朽木
    Tā zuò shén me dōu bù xíng, zhēn shì xiǔ mù.
    He can't do anything right; he's really a hopeless case.
  • 朽木
    Lǎo shī jué de zhè ge xué shēng shì xiǔ mù, hěn nán jiào.
    The teacher thinks this student is a good-for-nothing and hard to teach.
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