积弊
jī bì
Pinyin

Definition

积弊
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jī bì
  1. age-old (malpractice)
  2. long established (corrupt practices)
  3. deeply rooted (superstition)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
利弊
lì bì
  1. 1 pros and cons
  2. 2 merits and drawbacks
  3. 3 advantages and disadvantages
弊
bì
  1. 1 detriment
  2. 2 fraud
  3. 3 harm
  4. 4 defeat
弊端
bì duān
  1. 1 malpractice
  2. 2 abuse
  3. 3 corrupt practice
舞弊
wǔ bì
  1. 1 to engage in fraud
弊案
bì àn
  1. 1 scandal
弊病
bì bìng
  1. 1 malady
  2. 2 evil
  3. 3 malpractice
  4. 4 drawback
  5. 5 disadvantage
时弊
shí bì
  1. 1 ills of the day
  2. 2 contemporary problems
流弊
liú bì
  1. 1 malpractice
  2. 2 long-running abuse
积弊
jī bì
  1. 1 age-old (malpractice)
  2. 2 long established (corrupt practices)
  3. 3 deeply rooted (superstition)

Idioms (6)

切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
徇私舞弊
xùn sī wǔ bì
  1. 1 to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom)
权衡利弊
quán héng lì bì
  1. 1 to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
百弊丛生
bǎi bì cóng shēng
  1. 1 All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
兴利除弊
xīng lì chú bì
  1. 1 to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

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