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陵夷

líng yí

2-character word

What 陵夷 means

1. to deteriorate
2. to decline
3. to slump
4. also written 凌夷

The characters in 陵夷

• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 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.

• 凌夷to deteriorate; to decline; to slump

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