Entry朽xiǔ木mù不bù可kě雕diāolit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom); fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's earCopy Listen Explore
朽ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0rottenPinyinxiǔStrokes6Words starting with 朽Words ending in 朽Anywhere in a word
木ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0surname MuPinyinMùStrokes4Frequency10998 of 2500Words starting with 木Words ending in 木Anywhere in a word
不ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0no; not so, (bound form) not; un-PinyinbùStrokes4Frequency9 of 2500Words starting with 不Words ending in 不Anywhere in a word
可ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; howeverPinyinkěStrokes5Frequency179 of 2500Words starting with 可Words ending in 可Anywhere in a word
雕ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0variant of 雕[diao1], to engravePinyindiāoTraditional彫Strokes16Frequency37569 of 2500Words starting with 雕Words ending in 雕Anywhere in a word