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  *旧* | 旧* | *旧
old / opposite: new / former / worn (with age)
HSK 3
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  *破* | 破* | *破
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
HSK 3
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  *烂* | 烂* | *烂
soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad
HSK 5
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
HSK 7-9
cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
HSK 7-9
tired / exhausted / worn out / to toil
HSK 7-9
badge; name tag; ID card (worn on the chest)
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery
worn out in body and soul (idiom)
worn out / exhausted / dispirited
quilted cotton trousers / cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter)
worn out / old-fashioned and dilapidated
Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 and often worn by Mao Zedong
leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草, worn in northeastern China during winter
hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
hair worn in a bun or coil
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged / (coll.) rubbish; junk
to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate
cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
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  *敝* | 敝* | *敝
my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated
lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn
bathrobe / yukata, lightweight informal kimono worn in summer
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  *鬘* | 鬘* | *鬘
(of woman's hair) beautiful / flower garland worn as an ornament
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  *瘁* | 瘁* | *瘁
care-worn / distressed / tired / overworked / sick / weary
nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙
travel-worn
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  *帼* | 帼* | *帼
cap worn by women / feminine
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling
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  *骀* | 骀* | *骀
tired / worn out horse
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  *挼* | 挼* | *挼
(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak; feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor; inferior
official robe worn by ministers during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
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  *癯* | 癯* | *癯
thin / emaciated / worn / tired
worn-out shoes / a worthless thing
riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued
exhausted / worn out
black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post
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  *绖* | 绖* | *绖
hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner
ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor)
travel-worn
Chinese-style long robe worn as outermost garment / burqa
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  *鹇* | 鹇* | *鹇
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
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  *攺* | 攺* | *攺
a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
badge; name tag; ID card (worn on the chest)
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
lit. to view as worn-out shoes (idiom) / fig. to consider to be worthless
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  *勚* | 勚* | *勚
(literary) toilsome / laborious / (of an edge etc) worn out / blunt
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  *皁* | 皁* | *皁
black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
to collapse / to be worn out / to break down
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  *珶* | 珶* | *珶
white jade worn on belt
(loanword) chapan, a traditional collarless coat worn in Central Asian countries
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  *㱾* | 㱾* | *㱾
a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
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  *襆* | 襆* | *襆
(bound form) a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China (variant of ) / variant of / Taiwan pr. [pu2]
dangling ornament worn by women
jinbei, traditional Japanese two-piece clothing worn in the summer
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
hackneyed formula; worn-out convention
to be worn out
(literary) coarse clothing; sackcloth (worn by the poor in former times)
a sense of having been through good times and bad / a weathered and worn look
lit. a worn-out horse is reluctant to leave the stable (idiom) / fig. a mediocre worker clings to a good position
safety shorts (worn under a skirt or dress to prevent accidental exposure)
headband; strip of cloth worn around the head
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  *儽* | 儽* | *儽
lazy / tired out, worn fatigued
warm clothes such as padded jacket to be worn in air conditioning (esp. in Hong Kong)
(historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle)
"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团)
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
to throw away like worn out shoes
shoe that can be worn on either foot
traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement) / clothing styles of the Han dynasty
shoe that can be worn on either foot
everyday robe worn at home in ancient times / robe worn by priests, monks and scholars
caligae (sandals worn by Roman soldiers in ancient times) / (fashion) Roman-style sandals / ankle-strap sandals
(dialect) towel (especially worn as a turban)
jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
a left-and-right pair of shoes (distinguished from 直腳鞋|直脚鞋, shoes that can be worn on either foot)
worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc)
worn out in body and soul (idiom)
artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors


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