坏 (壞) huài

1. huài adjective bad; spoiled; broken; defective
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不好 (Guoyu '壞' adj 2; Unihan '坏'; Guoyu '壞' 4)
2. huài verb to go bad; to break
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 腐烂; in this sense, the subject goes bad or becomes broken itself. For example, fruit going bad (Guoyu '壞' v 2; Kroll 2015 '壞' 1).
3. huài verb to defeat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 坏 is synonymous with 败 in this sense. Etymology (Shuo Wen): 壞：敗也。 (Kroll 2015 '壞' 2)
4. huài adjective sinister; evil
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 坏 is synonymous with 阴险 or 恶劣 in this sense (Guoyu '壞' adj 1; Han Dian '坏' 1)
5. huài noun to decline; to wane
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '壞' 3)
6. huài verb to wreck; to break; to destroy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 破坏 or 毁坏. Etymology (Shuo Wen): 壓：壞也。 (Guoyu '壞' v 1; Han Dian '坏' 2; Kroll 2015 '壞' 1a)
7. huài adverb extremely; very
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 极 (Guoyu '壞' adv)

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• 破坏(破壞) to wreck; to break; to destroy ; to injure; to harm
• 坏脾气(壞脾氣) bad temper
• 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤(一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup; one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
• 腐坏(腐壞) rot
• 坏家伙(壞家伙) bad guy; scoundrel; dirty bastard
• 崩坏(崩壞) crash; breakdown (of social values etc); burst; to crumble; to collapse
• 坏死(壞死) necrosis
• 毁坏(毀壞) to destroy; to devastate ; to damage; to impair
• 败坏(敗壞) to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
• 礼崩乐坏(禮崩樂壞) rites and music are in ruins; society in total disarray
• 玩儿坏(玩兒壞) to play tricks on
• 坏肠子(壞腸子) evil person
• 弄坏(弄壞) to ruin; to spoil; to break
• 累坏(累壞) to become exhausted
• 坏人(壞人) an evil-doer; a malefactor
• 破坏活动(破壞活動) sabotage; subversive activities
• 摔坏(摔壞) to drop and break
• 好坏(好壞) good and bad ; very bad
• 整坏(整壞) to damage while trying to repair
• 大坏蛋(大壞蛋) scoundrel; bastard
• 颓坏(頹壞) dilapidated; decrepit
• 坏水(壞水) evil tricks
• 坏蛋(壞蛋) scoundrel; bastard
• 崩坏作用(崩壞作用) mass wasting ; slope movement
• 挣坏了(掙壞了) to be pulled apart
• 保证破坏战略(保證破壞戰略) assured destruction strategy
• 惯坏(慣壞) to spoil (a child)
• 奸坏(奸壞) deceitful
• 使坏(使壞) to play dirty tricks; to be up to mischief
• 坏种(壞種) bad kind; scoundrel
• 坏鸟(壞鳥) sinister person; unsavory character; broken (not in working order)
• 蔫儿坏(蔫兒壞) appearing genuine, but actually nasty or devious
• 损坏(損壞) to damage; to injure
• 宠坏(寵壞) to spoil (a child etc)
• 男人不坏，女人不爱(男人不壞，女人不愛) women love bad guys
• 压坏(壓壞) to crush
• 教坏(教壞) to misguide; to corrupt
• 变坏(變壞) to get worse; to degenerate
• 气急败坏(氣急敗壞) flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
• 道德败坏(道德敗壞) vice; immorality; moral turpitude
• 坏透(壞透) completely bad
• 坏心(壞心) malicious intention
• 坏事(壞事) bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
• 礼乐崩坏(禮樂崩壞) rites and music are in ruins; society in total disarray
• 坏东西(壞東西) bastard; scoundrel; rogue
• 坏掉(壞掉) spoilt; ruined
• 吃坏(吃壞) to get sick because of bad food
• 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥(一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee; one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
• 暗黑破坏神(暗黑破壞神) Diablo (video game series)
• 坏话(壞話) unpleasant talk; malicious words

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贫血性坏死

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• 卷六十一 志第十四 五行一上 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Five Elements 1a History of Song 宋史 — count: 160
• 卷二十八 志第四 五行一 Volume 28 Treatises 4: Five Elements 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 52
• 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 45
• 卷六十七 志第二十 五行五 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Five Elements 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
• 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 38
• 卷三十六　　　　志第二十六　　五行三 Volume 36 Treatises 30: Five Elements 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 38
• 卷三十 志第六 五行三 Volume 30 Treatises 6: Five Elements 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 37
• 卷五十　　志第三上:　五行一 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Five Elements 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 28
• 卷三十五　　　　志第二十五　　五行二 Volume 35 Treatises 29: Five Elements 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 17
• 卷六十四　志第十六: 　河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 16

Collocations

• 城坏 (城壞) 無俾城壞 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧板 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ban — count: 11
• 屋坏 (屋壞) 大室屋壞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 坏隤 (壞隤) 公出于壞隤 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 堕坏 (墮壞) 哀其法度墮壞 — Xunzi 荀子, 宥坐篇第二十八 Chapter 28: The Right Hand Vessel — count: 5
• 坏城 (壞城) 城上輒塞壞城 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備蛾傅 Book 14 - Defence against Ant-Rush — count: 4
• 墙坏 (牆壞) 隙大則牆壞 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 4
• 不敢坏 (不敢壞) 平公腓痛足痹而不敢壞坐 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 4
• 坏宗庙 (壞宗庙) 壞宗廟 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
• 坏庙 (壞廟) 作主壞廟 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 坏坐 (壞坐) 平公腓痛足痹而不敢壞坐 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 3