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破爛

简 破烂 · 繁 破爛
Mandarin · pinyin pò làn

Meanings

  1. worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged
  2. (coll.) rubbish; junk
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破
pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
爛
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烂
làn · rotten, spoiled, decayed
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4–4 · po4 lan4

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po3 laan6

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

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po3 laan6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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adj

  1. dilapidated; battered; (of clothing) tattered; ragged

noun

  1. useless junk; rubbish; waste

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