腐 fǔ
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 肉 — meat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
腐败
fǔbài
corrupt; corruption; to decay
Characters in this word
败 bài
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一个腐败的审批链条足以拖垮整个项目，并让守法企业失去耐心。 Yí gè fǔbài de shěnpī liàntiáo zúyǐ tuōkuǎ zhěnggè xiàngmù, bìng ràng shǒufǎ qǐyè shīqù nàixīn. A corrupt approval chain can drag down an entire project and make law-abiding companies lose patience.
- 太阳一晒，肉就容易腐败变质。 Tàiyáng yí shài, ròu jiù róngyì fǔbài biànzhì. Once meat is left in the sun, it easily rots and spoils.
- 这家公司的采购经理腐败，收了供应商的红包。 Zhè jiā gōngsī de cǎigòu jīnglǐ fǔbài, shōu le gōngyìngshāng de hóngbāo. The purchasing manager of this company is corrupt and took red envelopes from suppliers.
Related words
- 豆腐 dòufu tofu
- 腐烂 fǔlàn to rot; rotten; decayed
- 腐蚀 fǔshí to corrode; to erode; corrosion
- 腐朽 fǔxiǔ rotten; decayed; decadent
- 败 bài to lose
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 击败 jībài to defeat
- 败坏 bàihuài to corrupt; to ruin; corrupt
- 挫败 cuòbài to defeat; to frustrate; to thwart
- 罢免 bàmiǎn to remove from office; to dismiss
- 不予 bùyǔ to withhold; not to grant