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爛

简烂 · 繁爛

Mandarin · pinyin làn

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爛: Look up this written character
烂: làn · rotten, spoiled, decayed

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4 · lan4

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laan6

Cantonese word readings for 爛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(of fruits, etc.) rotten; spoiled; decayed
well-cooked; soft; mushy
broken; fragmented; shattered
low-quality; poor; lousy
to rot; to decay; to decompose; to spoil
completely; thoroughly
bright; brilliant; gorgeous; magnificent
(Cantonese) to be addicted to
(Cantonese) extremely
used in 爛漫／烂漫 (lànmàn)

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