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髒亂差

简脏乱差 · 繁髒亂差

Mandarin · pinyin zāng luàn chà

(coll.) squalid
squalor

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差: chà · chā · to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer
脏: zàng · internal organs, viscera; dirty
乱: luàn · confusion, state of chaos, revolt

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1–4–4 · zang1 luan4 cha4

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adj

(Mainland China, of an environment) dirty, messy and bad; filthy and disorderly

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