道德敗壞

简 道德败坏 · 繁 道德敗壞
Mandarin · pinyin dào dé bài huài

Meanings

  1. vice
  2. immorality
  3. moral turpitude
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道
dào · path, road, street; method, way
德
dé · ethics, morality, virtue
敗
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壞
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败
bài · be defeated, decline, fail
坏
huài · rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down
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4–2–4–4 · dao4 de2 bai4 huai4

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dou6 dak1 baai6 waai6

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