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潰
简 溃 · 繁 潰Mandarin · pinyin huì#
Meanings · huì
- used in 潰膿 huì nóng
- Taiwan pr. kuì
Mandarin · pinyin kuì#
Meanings · kuì
- (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
- (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement)
- (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces
- (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
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4 · hui4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kui2 · kui3
Cantonese word readings for 潰. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- (of a dike or dam) to break; to burst; to overflow
- to break through an encirclement
- to be utterly defeated; to be routed
- to decompose; to be destroyed
- to fester; to ulcerate
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