lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom); fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work; fig. to act stupidly
trad. 反裘負芻
Also written 反裘負芻【fǎn qiú fù chú】
Characters in this word
4反
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contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose, opposite, against, anti-, to rebel, to use analogy, instead, abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- Pinyin
- fǎn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2794 of 2500
裘
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surname Qiu
- Pinyin
- Qiú
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 21103 of 2500
负
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to bear, to carry (on one's back), to turn one's back on, to be defeated, negative (math. etc)
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 負
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8883 of 2500
刍
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to mow or cut grass, hay, straw, fodder
- Pinyin
- chú
- Traditional
- 芻
- Strokes
- 5