杂骨董

雜骨董

zágǔdǒng

idiom

Meanings

1 a miscellaneous jumble; a mixed bag of little real value

Characters

mixed; miscellaneous

bone (part of 骨董 = antique)

(part of 骨董 = antique)

Examples

他的藏品看着不少，其实都是杂骨董。

Tā de cángpǐn kàn zhe bù shǎo, qíshí dōu shì zágǔdǒng.

His collection looks substantial, but it's really just a mixed bag of odds and ends.

这篇文章东拉西扯，是个杂骨董。

Zhè piān wénzhāng dōnglā-xīchě, shì gè zágǔdǒng.

This essay rambles all over — it's a hodgepodge.

Tips

memory

骨董 is the older form of 古董 (antique). A 杂骨董 is a junk drawer of 'antiques' — plenty of items, nothing really top-shelf.

Stroke Order

杂 zá

骨 gǔ

董 Dǒng