regard as worn-out shoes(shì rú bì xǐ)

regard as worn-out shoes

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì R ú B ì x ǐ, which means to treat like worn-out shoes. It means to despise very much. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

Idiom explanation

Worn shoes: worn shoes.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius: to abandon the world in an instant is to abandon the shoes

Idiom usage

To be very contemptuous of. example his benevolence is like heaven, his public is like earth, and his position is like shoes. ——Zhang Binglin's Refutation of Kang Youwei's revolutionary book

Chinese PinYin : shì rú bì xǐ