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染上

rǎn shàng

2-character word

What 染上 means

1. to catch (a disease)
2. to get (a bad habit)

The characters in 染上

• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 你也许会染上疾病。
  Nǐ yěxǔ huì rǎnshàng jíbìng.
  You may get a serious disease.
• 黄昏时分，天空染上了紫色的光。
  At dusk, the sky was dyed with purple light.
• 我们全都染上了流感，连老师也不例外。
  Wǒmen quándōu rǎnshàng le liúgǎn, lián lǎoshī yě bù lìwài.
  We all caught flu, and so did the teacher.