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糜爛

简糜烂 · 繁糜爛

Mandarin · pinyin mí làn

dissipated
rotten
decaying

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糜: mí · méi · rice gruel, congee; mashed rice
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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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verb

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

adj

rotten; putrid
debauched; dissipated; decadent; degenerate; rotten to the core

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