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积弊

jī bì

2-character word Traditional 積弊

What 积弊 means

1. age-old (malpractice)
2. long established (corrupt practices)
3. deeply rooted (superstition)

The characters in 积弊

• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 弊bìdetriment; fraud; harm

Sounds the same

Read jī bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 击毙to kill; to shoot dead