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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

腐朽 [fǔxiǔ]
  1. 1. verb rot
  2. 2. adjective decadent

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

腐朽 [fǔxiǔ]
  1. 1. rotten; decayed
    这些木材已经腐朽了。
    The timber has rotted.
  2. 2. decadent; degenerate
    腐朽庸俗的作风
    decadent and philistine ways
  3. 3. noun decay (of society)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

腐朽 [fǔxiǔ]
  1. 1. 木料及其他含纤维的物质腐烂变质
    这些出土的棺木早就腐朽
  2. 2. 比喻人思想陈腐或社会风气败坏
    腐朽思想
    腐朽的生活方式

Examples

贩卖腐朽思想
peddle decadent ideas
腐朽庸俗的作风
decadent and philistine ways
腐朽的势力让位于新生的势力。
Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.
在加强精神文明建设的今天,决不容许腐朽的生活方式坐大。
Nowadays we are strengthening civilization's spiritual development. A decayed life style is by no means allowed to grow.
19世纪末的中国已经日益腐朽,20世纪末的中国开始渐渐繁荣。
China at the end of the 19th century was deteriorating, but it was beginning to prosper at the end of the 20th century.
腐朽
腐朽
利用垃圾发电真是化腐朽为神奇的点金术。
新生力量一定会战胜腐朽势力。

Collocations

腐朽的树木
a rotten tree
房屋腐朽
a house which is falling apart
腐朽脱落
to decay and peel off
思想腐朽
a decadent way of thinking
腐朽的生活
a rotten life
腐朽的制度
a corrupt regime
腐朽没落
decaying and declining
开始腐朽
to start to decay

Word Decomposition


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