箕裘颓堕

箕裘颓堕 in English

jī qiú tuí duò: (idiom) The achievements of one’s forebears decline because no one carries them on.

Character breakdown

箕 jī winnow basket
裘 qiú fur
颓頽 tuí to crumble
堕墮 duò to fall

How it used to be written

箕

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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裘

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 西漢
See all 11 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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