Taxonomy of meanings for 弊:
- 弊 bì (OC: beds MC: biɛi) 毗祭切 去 廣韻:【 】
- CONCEAL
- vtoNpassivebe concealed (for 蔽)
- EGO
- vadN[.post-npro1]my humble (city) 弊邑 (Zhou)
- STUPID
- vtoNN=humanblock of the view of (a person), deliberately keep someone in the dark on something, isolate someone from information
- vadNpassiveobtuse; obfuscated, beclouded
- vtoNcausativebecloud, obfuscate; make invisible, cover up; block (intellectual as well as physical vision on)
- nab.post-V{NUM}psychobfuscation, intellectual limitation
- vtoNpassivebe kept in the dark
- vibe obtuse; be obfuscated, German: "intellektuelle Scheuklappen haben"
- vtoNreflexive.自causative: stupefy [oneself]
- vt+prep+Nbe insensitive to; be blocked with respect to, be blind toCH
- TATTERED
- vadNtattered, worn thin; more generally: worn-down, unworthy
- vigradedbe tattered, worn thin; more generally: worn-down, unworthy 甚弊
- TIRED
- nabstativeshattered state, shattered condition; decrepitude
- vi.redtire oneself out, wear oneself out
- vibe worn out, exhausted
- vichangeget tired
- DELETEwear down
- vtoNreflexive.自wear oneself down
- vtoNcausativewear outCH
- STOP
- EXHAUST
- BAD
- DECLINE
- viprocessdeclineCH
- DESTROY
- PROBLEM
- HATE
- CONVICT
- TURN UPSIDE DOWN
- SURNAMES
- = 蔽
- = 幣
- = 斃
- CONCEAL
- 弊 bì (OC: beds MC: biɛi) 毗祭切 去 廣韻:【困也惡也説文曰頓仆也俗作弊毗祭切五 】
Additional information about 弊
說文解字:
- Criteria
- TIRED
1. The general purpose word for communal exhaustion is pì 罷 (ant. zhuàng 壯 "in strong shape"); the general word for the state of exhaustion of an individual is juàn 倦. 不倦 refers to tireless activity, 不饜 refers to tireless receptivity. See DISSATISFIED.
2. Pí 疲 and bèi 憊 typically refer to a relatively mild state of exhaustion.
3. Bì 弊 refers to a desperate state of exhaustion.
4. Láo 勞 refers to the state of exhaustion after extended lasting effort.
5. Dān 殫 refers not so much to the subjective feeling of exhaustion as to the objective inability to continue an activity for lack of further energy.
6. Qú 劬, a very poetic word, and the less poetic qín 勤, focus on the effort that brings about tiredness.
7. Cuì 瘁 is a poetic word referring to weariness.
8. Qiáo cuì 憔悴 refers to a weariness born of exhaustion.
9. Láo 老 refers specifically to exhaustion of soldiers.
10. Yàn 厭 refers specifically to being tired of, and thus fed up with something.
- Word relations
- Ant: (TATTERED)新/NEW
The current word for something newly invented is xīn 新 (ant. 舊) which generally tends to have negative connotations in cultural contexts but takes on positive connotations when referring to articles of daily use etc.. - Oppos: (CONCEAL)飾/EMBELLISH
The current general word for embellishment of anything concrete or abstract is shì 飾.