xiè

bits

fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to

flat surface (尸) + sound (肖) = scattered bits and fragments

尸 here represents a flat, spread-out body or surface — the image of debris scattered and lying flat. 肖 gives the sound xiè; the semantic weight rests entirely with 尸.

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A recumbent bodySemantic
ResemblePhonetic

他吃面包时,桌上落了很多面包

tā chī miànbāo shí,zhuō shàng luò le hěn duō miànbāo xiè。

When he was eating bread, a lot of breadcrumbs fell onto the table.

他觉得这种小事不一顾,根本不想理会。

tā juéde zhè zhǒng xiǎoshì bù xiè yī gù,gēnběn bù xiǎng lǐhuì。

He felt this kind of trivial matter was beneath his notice and had no interest in dealing with it.

Words with 屑

银屑

yín xiè

silver chloride AgCL

银屑病

yín xiè bìng

psoriasis

头皮屑

tóu pí xiè

dandruff

面包屑

miàn bāo xiè

breadcrumbs

不屑

bù xiè

to disdain to do sth

不屑一顾

bù xiè yī gù

to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)

五彩纸屑

wǔ cǎi zhǐ xiè

confetti

岩屑

yán xiè

(rock) debris

木屑

mù xiè

wood shavings

末屑

mò xiè

bits

火山碎屑流

huǒ shān suì xiè liú

pyroclastic flow

火成碎屑

huǒ chéng suì xiè

pyroclastic

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