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糜爛

简 糜烂 · 繁 糜爛
Mandarin · pinyin mí làn

Meanings

  1. dissipated
  2. rotten
  3. decaying
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糜
mí · méi · rice gruel, congee; mashed rice
爛
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烂
làn · rotten, spoiled, decayed
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2–4 · mi2 lan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mei4 laan6

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

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mei4 laan6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. to fester; to suppurate; to rot; to decay
  2. (literary) to ravage; to devastate; to make havoc of

adj

  1. rotten; putrid
  2. debauched; dissipated; decadent; degenerate; rotten to the core

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