敝

my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

variant of 攴[pu1]

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

impoverished / destitute / hard / depressed (of business) / tattered / ragged

worn-out shoes / a worthless thing

to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)

lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.

to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own / a sentimental attachment

to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

to throw away like worn out shoes

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

shabby / damaged

to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes / to look on sth as worthless