"烂" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin làn
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火廿一一
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 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad
Results beginning with 烂
 làn màn brightly colored / unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
 làn ní mud / mire
 làn shú well cooked / to know thoroughly
 làn zuì dead drunk / completely drunk
 làn wěi unfinished / incomplete
 làn gěng lame joke
 làn hu overripe / overcooked
 làn màn variant of 爛漫|烂漫[lan4 man4]
 làn màn variant of 爛漫|烂漫[lan4 man4]
 làn piàn dud movie
 làn sú clichéd
 làn tòu rotten to the core
 làn zǎi rogue / rowdy / unreliable chap
 làn zhàng accounts in a rotten state
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 làn tān zi terrible mess / shambles
 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
 làn jú zi (EA) Origin (service) (jocular)
 làn shé tóu to gossip / to blab / a blab-mouth
 làn táo huā unhappy love affair
 làn wū huò loose woman / slut
 làn zuì rú ní lit. as drunk as mud / completely drunk
 làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng useless (idiom) / worthless / inept
 làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
Approximate Results for 烂
 càn làn to glitter / brilliant / splendid
 pò làn worn-out / rotten / dilapidated / tattered / ragged / rubbish / junk
 fǔ làn to rot / to putrefy / (fig.) corrupt
 xuàn làn splendid / gorgeous / dazzling
 mí làn dissipated / rotten / decaying
 kuì làn to fester / to ulcerate
 zá làn to smash
 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy
 dǎo làn to mash / to beat to a pulp
 sī làn to tear up / to tear to pieces
 méi làn mold / rot
 bǎi làn (neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed) / to let it all go to hell / (sports) to tank
 bǐ làn to compare two unsatisfactory things / to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism) / whataboutery
 dù làn see 賭爛|赌烂[du3 lan4]
 dǔ làn (Tw) (slang) to be ticked off by (sb or sth) / to be pissed at (sb or sth) / to be in a foul mood / down in the dumps / (from Taiwanese 揬𡳞, Tai-lo pr. [tu̍h-lān])
 hǔ làn (slang) (Tw) to bullshit / to fool
 mí làn rotting / decaying
 ruǎn làn (of food etc) soft / pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive / shiftless / lazy
 xiǔ làn rotten
 zhuàng làn to destroy by smashing / smashed up
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 xià sān làn variant of 下三濫|下三滥[xia4 san1 lan4]
 xī bā làn see 稀爛|稀烂[xi1 lan4]
 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time
 gǔn guā làn shú lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom) / fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
 tiān zhēn làn màn innocent and unaffected
 càn làn duō cǎi multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
 fèi tóng làn tiě scrap metal / a pile of junk
 sǐ chán làn dǎ (coll.) to pester / to harass
 tān duō jiáo bù làn to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
 mí làn xìng dú jì vesicant
 ròu làn zài guō lǐ lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip
 sān cùn bù làn zhī shé to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
 chū tóu de chuán zi xiān làn lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom) / fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous will be targeted for attack
 hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
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