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道德敗壞

简道德败坏 · 繁道德敗壞

Mandarin · pinyin dào dé bài huài

vice
immorality
moral turpitude

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道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue
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败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail
坏: huài · rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

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4–2–4–4 · dao4 de2 bai4 huai4

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