敝帚自珍 meaning in English
value one's own old broomstick -- one loves what is his own; all his geese are swans.; cherish something of little value simply because it is one's own; everything is nice in one's own garden.; have too high an opinion of one's own doings or one's own belongings; treasure one's own things
Examples
- All his geese are swans
他喜欢夸大其词；敝帚自珍。 - All his geese are swans
谚敝帚自珍。 - In globalization context , we should neither unreasoningly pursue globalization losing our tradition , nor adhere to our tradition and refuse advanced culture
全球化语境中，民族文化既不应盲目追求全球化，成为无根的浮尘；也不应敝帚自珍，固守本民族的传统，拒绝接纳先进的文化。