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Did you mean: to rest to trust trust tourist thrust to roast to reset to rustle ?

xiù to rust
生锈 shēng xiù (of metal) to rust; to become rusty / (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
锈蚀 xiù shí to rust away
防锈 fáng xiù to prevent rust; to resist rusting
永不生锈的螺丝钉 yǒng shēng xiù de luó dīng a "screw that never rusts" — sb who is a loyal, dependable, humble contributor who quietly holds everything together and never fails in their duty, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed


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