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髒

简脏 · 繁髒

Mandarin · pinyin zāng

dirty
filthy
to get (sth) dirty

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脏: zàng · internal organs, viscera; dirty

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1 · zang1

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dirty; filthy; soiled; foul
to make dirty; to soil; to besmirch; to sully; to stain; to defile; to contaminate
(euphemistic) haunted; possessed by supernatural forces

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only used in 骯髒／肮脏 (kǎngzǎng)

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