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The character "敝" emerged from an ideographic composition that merges a element representing cloth with a component signifying a striking action, conceptually depicting fabric worn down through repeated beating. This foundational sense of tattered or shabby material provided the basis for its literal meaning, which later broadened to encompass figurative uses, most notably as a modest self-referential term meaning "my" or "our" in formal contexts, where it functions to humbly diminish one's own possessions or standing. Its structural arrangement has remained largely unchanged, maintaining a visual allusion to the process of deterioration that originally defined its semantic core.
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敝校有很多学生。
敝公司正在招聘。
请光临敝处参观。
他穿着敝衣出门。
敝人的意见仅供参考。
敝公司致力于环境保护。
尽管敝校设备陈旧，但教学质量很高。
在敝人看来，这项政策需要改进。