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凌夷

líng yí

2-character word

What 凌夷 means

1. to deteriorate
2. to decline
3. to slump
4. 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.

• 陵夷to deteriorate; to decline; to slump

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