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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)

靡烂
mílàn
rotting
唬烂
hǔlàn
(Taiwan slang) to bullshit
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
糜烂
mílàn
dissipated
绚烂
xuànlàn
splendid

Metadata

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

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