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弄髒

简弄脏 · 繁弄髒

Mandarin · pinyin nòng zāng

to make dirty
to defile
to smear

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弄: nòng · do, play or fiddle with; alley
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脏: zàng · internal organs, viscera; dirty

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4–1 · nong4 zang1

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verb

to make dirty; to soil; to besmirch; to sully; to stain; to defile; to contaminate

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