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敗壞

简败坏 · 繁敗壞

Mandarin · pinyin bài huài

to ruin
to corrupt
to undermine

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败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail
坏: huài · rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

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4–4 · bai4 huai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baai6 waai6

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verb

to ruin; to corrupt; to spoil

adj

vile; nasty

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