Seven broken and eight mended(qī pò bā bǔ)
Seven broken and eight mended
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī P ò B ā B ǔ, which means clothes are very old. It comes from the 73rd chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: dilapidated antonym: temporarily NEW
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 73 of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty: "there comes an old man with white beard outside, wearing a patchy cotton padded robe, which is very narrow in shape."
Idiom usage
Combined; used as attributive and adverbial; derogatory; used in spoken English.
Chinese PinYin : qī pò bā bǔ
Seven broken and eight mended
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