To highly treasure one's own humble or seemingly worthless possessions.
这本我从小读到大的旧书，虽然封面破损，纸张泛黄，但我依然把它当作敝帚千金，因为它承载了我无数美好童年回忆。
This old book, which I've read since childhood, although its cover is torn and pages yellowed, I still treat it as a cherished old broom, because it holds countless beautiful childhood memories for me.
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In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu sent Grand Marshal Wu Han and General Zhengnan Cen Peng to attack Gongsun Shu, who had declared himself emperor in Chengdu.
The Han army advanced swiftly, and after a desperate struggle with Gongsun Shu's forces, finally captured Chengdu. Wu Han then ordered a massacre of the city.
Liu Xiu severely reprimanded him, stating that even a broken broom in a common household was as precious as a thousand pieces of gold to its owner, and that plundering their possessions would cause them to lose the hearts of the people.
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