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凌夷
líng yí
What 凌夷 means
- to deteriorate
- to decline
- to slump
- also written 陵夷
The characters in 凌夷
- 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
- 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
Sounds the same
Read líng yí, tone for tone, but written differently.
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