shēng xiù

Traditional: 生鏽

生锈 (shēng xiù) is a Chinese word meaning “(of metal) to rust; to become rusty; (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of metal) to rust; to become rusty
  2. 2(fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate

Characters in 生锈

生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born锈xiù · to rust

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force生意business学生student人生life (one's time on earth)

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