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Chinese
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to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out |
copper
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rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely |
iron
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| trad. (破銅爛鐵)
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破
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銅
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爛
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鐵
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| simp. (破铜烂铁)
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破
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铜
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烂
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铁
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| Literally: “broken copper and broken iron”.
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Pronunciation
Noun
破銅爛鐵
- (literal) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects
- (idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless; junk
快把這堆破銅爛鐵拿出去處理掉。 [MSC, trad.]
快把这堆破铜烂铁拿出去处理掉。 [MSC, simp.]- Kuài bǎ zhè duī pòtónglàntiě ná chūqù chǔlǐ diào.
- Quickly take this pile of junk out to be disposed of.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
廢銅爛鐵 (“metal scrap”)