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Chinese symbol for “dissipated”

糜烂
mí làn
Traditional: 糜爛
dissipated; rotten; decaying

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dissipated is 糜烂 (mí làn), defined as: dissipated; rotten; decaying.

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Characters and stroke order

糜 mí
rice gruel, congee; mashed
radical 119 ⽶ · 17 strokes
烂 làn
overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dissipated”

WordPinyinMeaning
宕dàngdissipated; put off
浪làngwave; breaker
荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief; preposterous
放浪fàng làngunrestrained; dissolute
任诞 (任誕)rèn dàndissipated; unruly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 糜烂.

WordPinyinMeaning
肉糜ròu míminced meat
糜费 (糜費)mí fèivariant of 靡费 (mí fèi)
乳糜泻 (乳糜瀉)rǔ mí xièceliac disease
侈糜chǐ mívariant of 侈靡 (chǐ mí)
奢糜shē mívariant of 奢靡 (shē mí)
灿烂 (燦爛)càn lànto glitter; brilliant
腐烂 (腐爛)fǔ lànto rot; to putrefy
破烂 (破爛)pò lànworn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk

See also: Japanese symbol for “dissipated”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.