"Rotten" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 腐败 | fǔ bài | corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten |   |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate | |
| 破 |  pò | broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of | |
| 烂 | làn | soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad | |
| 糜烂 | mí làn | dissipated / rotten / decaying | |
| 腐臭 | fǔ chòu | rotten (smell) / stinking / putrid | |
| 腐 | fǔ | decay / rotten | |
| 糟 | zāo | dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined | |
| 朽 | xiǔ | rotten | |
| 糜 | mí | rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) | |
| 朽烂 | xiǔ làn | rotten | |
| 操蛋 | cào dàn | lousy / rotten | |
| 朽坏 | xiǔ huài | rotten | |
| 肏蛋 | cào dàn | lousy / rotten | |
| 颓朽 | tuí xiǔ | decaying / rotten / decrepit | |
| 朽木 | xiǔ mù | rotten wood | |
| 蛀牙 | zhù yá | tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth | |
| 龋齿 | qǔ chǐ | tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth | |
| 馊主意 | sōu zhǔ yi | rotten idea | |
| 化腐朽为神奇 | huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí | lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) | |
| 害群之马 | hài qún zhī mǎ | lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple | |
| 霉气 | méi qì | a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck | |
| 虫牙 | chóng yá | tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth | |
| 胔 | zì | rotten meat / bones of dead animal | |
| 枯朽 | kū xiǔ | withered and rotten | |
| 烂透 | làn tòu | rotten to the core | |
| 稾 | gǎo | variant of 槁 / dry / rotten (wood) | |
| 粘滑 | nián huá | slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / stick-slip (in mechanics) | |
| 龋蠹 | qǔ dù | rotten teeth | |
| 朽木不可雕 | xiǔ mù bù kě diāo | lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear | |
| 蜂巢冰 | fēng cháo bīng | rotten ice | |
| 餯 | huì | (of food) rotten and smelly | |
| 黏滑 | nián huá | slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / (mechanics) stick-slip | |
| 倒血霉 | dǎo xuè méi | to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]) | |
| 漏脯充饥 | lòu fǔ - chōng jī | lit. to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom) / fig. to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits / shortsighted | |
| 蝇营狗苟 | yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu | lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain | |
