Meanings
- lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom)
- fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
朽木不可雕
nau2 muk6 bat1 ho2 diu1
lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) · fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
nau2 muk6 bat1 ho2 diu1
lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) · fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear