"To deteriorate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 变质 | biàn zhì | to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism |   |
| 衰落 | shuāi luò | to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill | |
| 衰败 | shuāi bài | to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate | |
| 凌夷 | líng yí | to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 陵夷 | |
| 陵夷 | líng yí | to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 凌夷 | |
