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烂
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Definitions
- 1. soft; mushy
- 2. well-cooked and soft
- 3. to rot; to decompose
- 4. rotten
- 5. worn out
- 6. chaotic; messy
- 7. utterly; thoroughly
- 8. crappy; bad
Words Containing 烂
see 稀爛|稀烂[xī làn]
to fester; to ulcerate
the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
(EA) Origin (service) (jocular)
to destroy by smashing
to fool
to have a silver tongue
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)
clichéd
to mash
rot
smashed up; broken into pieces; thoroughly mashed; pulpy
overripe
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
rotten to the core
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged
dud movie
multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
disorganized accounts
lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
splendid
lame joke
to rot
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
scrap metal
useless (idiom)
loose woman
lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
to tear up
vesicant
brightly colored
unhappy love affair
terrible mess; shambles
to smash
dead drunk
mud
well cooked
dissipated
see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng]
(coll.) to pester
to gossip
see 賭爛|赌烂[dǔ làn]
rotten
lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom)
unfinished
to compare two unsatisfactory things
(dialect) hooligan; low-life
innocent and unaffected
(idiom) to be dead drunk; to be plastered
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed); to let it all go to hell; (sports) to tank
to glitter
rotting; decaying
(of food etc) soft