破銅爛鐵

See also: 破铜烂铁

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	copper	rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely	iron
trad. (破銅爛鐵)		破	銅	爛	鐵
simp. (破铜烂铁)		破	铜	烂	铁

Literally "broken copper and broken iron".

破銅爛鐵

(idiomatic) useless rusty things made of iron or copper
(idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless, junk
快把這堆破銅爛鐵拿出去處理掉。 [MSC, trad.]
快把这堆破铜烂铁拿出去处理掉。 [MSC, simp.]
Kuài bǎ zhè duī pòtóng làntiě ná chūqù chǔlǐ diào. [Pinyin]
Quickly take this pile of junk out to be disposed of.

(useless rusty metal products):
- 爛銅爛鐵／烂铜烂铁
- 廢銅爛鐵／废铜烂铁
- (Min Nan) 歹銅舊錫／歹铜旧锡 (pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah, phái-tâng-kū-siah)
- (Hakka) 壞銅壞鐵／坏铜坏铁 (fái-tùng-fái-thiet)

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