my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated
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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
impoverished / destitute / hard / depressed (of business) / tattered / ragged
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
(lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom) / (fig.) to consider to be worthless
variant of 凋敝[]
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27