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làn

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làn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
làn | lan4
English translation
overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled

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About làn

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

làn

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of làn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火闌

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

lán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and lán represents the sound. Simplified form of làn .

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Words with làn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
làn soft làn
灿烂 cànlàn to glitter燦爛
腐烂 fǔlàn to rot腐爛
破烂 pò làn worn-out破爛
烂摊子 làn tān zi terrible mess爛攤子
绚烂 xuàn làn splendid絢爛
糜烂 mí làn dissipated糜爛
焦头烂额 jiāo tóu làn é fig. hard-pressed焦頭爛額
砸烂 zá làn to smash砸爛
烂泥 làn ní mud爛泥
溃烂 kuì làn to fester潰爛
烂漫 làn màn brightly colored爛漫
海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn fig. forever海枯石爛
烂熟 làn shú well cooked爛熟
稀烂 xī làn smashed up稀爛
天真烂漫 tiān zhēn làn màn innocent and unaffected天真爛漫
霉烂 méi làn mold霉爛
烂醉 làn zuì dead drunk爛醉
滚瓜烂熟 gǔn guā làn shú to know sth inside out滾瓜爛熟
烂醉如泥 làn zuì rú ní lit. as drunk as mud爛醉如泥
三寸不烂之舌 sān cùn bù làn zhī shé to have a silver tongue三寸不爛之舌
烂好人 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone爛好人

làn Decomposition & Compounds

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