lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
trad. 戶樞不蠹
Also written 戶樞不蠹【hù shū bù dù】
Characters in this word
4户
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a household, door, family
- Pinyin
- hù
- Traditional
- 戶
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 30857 of 2500
枢
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(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
- Pinyin
- shū
- Traditional
- 樞
- Strokes
- 8
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
蠹
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insect that eats into books, clothing etc, moth-eaten, worm-eaten
- Pinyin
- dù
- Strokes
- 24