| 脑 |
nǎo zi shēng xiù | lit. brains rusty / ossified thinking |
| 脑 |
nǎo | brain / mind / head / essence |
| 脑 |
nǎo zi | brains / mind / CL:个 |
| 子 |
zǐ | son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi | (noun suffix) |
| 生 |
shēng | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 生 |
shēng xiù | to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization |
| 锈 |
xiù | variant of 锈 |
| 锈 |
xiù | to rust |