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Decayed 朽 ㄒㄧㄡˇ Xiǔ 朽木不可雕也 木不可雕也 Idiom Carve

Heisig number 2224
Keyword decayed
Traditional
Zhuyin ㄒㄧㄡˇ
Pinyin Xiǔ
Sentence Full 朽木不可雕也
Sentence Truncated _木不可雕也
Sentence Clarifiers idiom: you can't carve rotten wood.
It would Americanize to something about polishing turds.
Lesson number 32

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