xī làn

Traditional: 稀爛

稀烂 (xī làn) is a Chinese word meaning “thoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad”.

Meanings

  1. 1thoroughly mashed; mushy
  2. 2smashed up; broken into pieces
  3. 3(fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad

Characters in 稀烂

稀xī · sparse; scattered烂làn · soft; mushy

Related words

烂soft; mushy腐烂to rot烂摊子terrible mess; shambles破烂worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged灿烂to glitter稀有uncommon; rare稀sparse; scattered稀奇rare砸烂to smash焦头烂额lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)稀罕rare; uncommon烂泥mud

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