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烂
爛
làn
1. soft
2. mushy
3. well-cooked and soft
4. to rot
5. to decompose
6. rotten
7. worn out
8. chaotic
9. messy
10. utterly
11. thoroughly
12. crappy
13. bad
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烂
làn
overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

唬烂
hǔlàn
(Taiwan slang) to bullshit
捣烂
dǎolàn
to mash
撞烂
zhuànglàn
to destroy by smashing
朽烂
xiǔlàn
rotten
溃烂
kuìlàn
to fester
灿烂
cànlàn
to glitter
HSK 6
烂尾
lànwěi
unfinished
烂崽
lànzǎi
rogue
烂泥
lànní
mud
烂漫
lànmàn
brightly colored
烂熟
lànshú
well cooked
烂熳
lànmàn
variant of [[爛漫|烂漫<lànmàn>]]
烂糊
lànhu
overripe
烂缦
lànmàn
variant of [[爛漫|烂漫<lànmàn>]]
烂账
lànzhàng
accounts in a rotten state
烂透
làntòu
rotten to the core
烂醉
lànzuì
dead drunk
破烂
pòlàn
worn-out
砸烂
zálàn
to smash
稀烂
xīlàn
smashed up

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,753
Word Frequency Rank
1,419 of 84,292

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