敝帚自珍
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
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- (verb, idiom) to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
- a sentimental attachment
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Related Words
敝帚千金(bì zhǒu qiān jīn)— lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
→三浦梅园(Sān pǔ Méi yuán)— MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原[Jia4 yuan2]
→不值钱(bù zhí qián)— of little value
→不怕不识货，只怕货比货(bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò)— lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
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