败坏 bàihuài ruin Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 败坏 (敗壞) bàihuài ruin verb to damage, tarnish, or undermine something intangible such as a reputation, mood, or discipline 他的丑闻败坏了整个家族的名声。 tā de chǒuwén bàihuài le zhěng gè jiāzú de míngshēng. His scandal tarnished the entire family's reputation. corrupt verb to lead to moral decay or to be ethically degenerate 那个官员因为道德败坏而被撤职。 nà gè guānyuán yīnwèi dàodé bàihuài ér bèi chèzhí. That official was dismissed for moral corruption. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.64 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.47 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
败坏 (敗壞) bàihuài ruin verb to damage, tarnish, or undermine something intangible such as a reputation, mood, or discipline 他的丑闻败坏了整个家族的名声。 tā de chǒuwén bàihuài le zhěng gè jiāzú de míngshēng. His scandal tarnished the entire family's reputation. corrupt verb to lead to moral decay or to be ethically degenerate 那个官员因为道德败坏而被撤职。 nà gè guānyuán yīnwèi dàodé bàihuài ér bèi chèzhí. That official was dismissed for moral corruption. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.64 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.47 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)