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腐烂

fǔ làn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 腐爛

腐烂 (fǔ làn) means "to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 腐烂 means

1. to rot
2. to putrefy
3. (fig.) corrupt

The characters in 腐烂

• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose

Example sentences

• 这个苹果开始腐烂了。
  Zhège píngguǒ kāishǐ fǔlàn le.
  This apple is starting to rot.
• 这些橘子已经腐烂了.
  Zhèxiē júzi yǐjīng fǔlàn le.
  These oranges have gone bad.
• 水果一般不久就会腐烂。
  Fruits tend to rot quickly.
• 盐可以帮助保存食物避免腐烂。
  Yán kěyǐ bāngzhù bǎocún shíwù bìmiǎn fǔlàn.
  Salt helps to preserve food from decay.

Where 腐烂 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fèng–fǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fǔ làn correctly.
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