variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4]

impoverished

shabby

to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own

worn-out shoes

(lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom)

to throw away like worn out shoes

to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)

to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment