烂 làn

rotten, spoiled, decayed

HSK 5 #1754

DEFINITIONS

  • rotten, spoiled, decayed
  • soft
  • mushy
  • well-cooked and soft
  • to rot
  • to decompose
  • rotten
  • worn out
  • chaotic
  • messy
  • utterly
  • thoroughly
  • crappy
  • bad

STROKES

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WORDS

腐烂 fǔ làn
HSK 6
to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
灿烂 càn làn
HSK 6
to glitter; brilliant; splendid
烂摊子 làn tān zi terrible mess; shambles
破烂 pò làn worn-out; rotten; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; rubbish; junk
砸烂 zá làn to smash
焦头烂额 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom); fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
烂泥 làn ní mud; mire
溃烂 kuì làn to fester; to ulcerate
稀烂 xī làn smashed up; broken into pieces; thoroughly mashed; pulpy
绚烂 xuàn làn splendid; gorgeous; dazzling
烂熟 làn shú well cooked; to know thoroughly
糜烂 mí làn dissipated; rotten; decaying
海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time
天真烂漫 tiān zhēn làn màn innocent and unaffected
朽烂 xiǔ làn rotten
烂漫 làn màn brightly colored; unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
三寸不烂之舌 sān cùn bù làn zhī shé to have a silver tongue; to have the gift of the gab
下三烂 xià sān làn variant of 下三濫|下三滥[xia4 san1 lan4]
唬烂 hǔ làn (slang) (Tw) to bullshit; to fool
好记性不如烂笔头 hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
废铜烂铁 fèi tóng làn tiě scrap metal; a pile of junk
捣烂 dǎo làn to mash; to beat to a pulp
撕烂 sī làn to tear up; to tear to pieces
撞烂 zhuàng làn to destroy by smashing; smashed up
死缠烂打 sǐ chán làn dǎ (coll.) to pester; to harass
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