腐 烂

fǔlàn

verbadjectiveHSK 7-9

“To rot” in Chinese is 腐烂 (fǔlàn).

Meaning

to rot
to putrefy
(fig.) corrupt

Example

这些橘子已经腐烂了.

These oranges have gone bad.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fǔHSK 414 strokesdecay lànHSK 59 strokessoft; mushy

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