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弄壞

简弄坏 · 繁弄壞

Mandarin · pinyin nòng huài

to ruin
to spoil
to break

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弄: nòng · do, play or fiddle with; alley
壞: Look up this written character
坏: huài · rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

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4–4 · nong4 huai4

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verb

to spoil; to go rotten; to break; to ruin

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