衰朽
shuāi xiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

衰朽
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shuāi xiǔ
  1. decaying
  2. decrepit
  3. aged and crumbling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

衰
cuī
  1. 1 mourning garments
衰老
shuāi lǎo
  1. 1 to age
  2. 2 to deteriorate with age
  3. 3 old and weak
早衰
zǎo shuāi
  1. 1 to age prematurely
  2. 2 premature senescence
朽
xiǔ
  1. 1 rotten
腐朽
fǔ xiǔ
  1. 1 rotten
  2. 2 decayed
  3. 3 decadent
  4. 4 degenerate
衰弱
shuāi ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 feeble
衰竭
shuāi jié
  1. 1 organ failure
  2. 2 exhaustion
  3. 3 prostration (medicine)
衰退
shuāi tuì
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to drop
  4. 4 to falter
  5. 5 a decline
  6. 6 recession (in economics)
不朽
bù xiǔ
  1. 1 immortal
  2. 2 immortality
半衰期
bàn shuāi qī
  1. 1 half-life
唱衰
chàng shuāi
  1. 1 to express pessimistic views about (sth)
朽木
xiǔ mù
  1. 1 rotten wood
枯朽
kū xiǔ
  1. 1 withered and rotten
永垂不朽
yǒng chuí bù xiǔ
  1. 1 eternal glory
  2. 2 will never be forgotten
盛衰
shèng shuāi
  1. 1 to flourish then decline
  2. 2 rise and fall
经久不衰
jīng jiǔ bù shuāi
  1. 1 unfailing
  2. 2 never-ending
兴衰
xīng shuāi
  1. 1 prosperity and decline (of a kingdom)
  2. 2 rise and fall
衰亡
shuāi wáng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to die out
  3. 3 decline and fall
衰人
shuāi rén
  1. 1 loser
  2. 2 jerk
衰微
shuāi wēi
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to wane
  3. 3 weakened
  4. 4 enfeebled
  5. 5 in decline

Idioms (4)

人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再衰三竭
zài shuāi sān jié
  1. 1 weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 on one's last legs
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)

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