爛
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làn · overcooked, overripe

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21Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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火Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 爛

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Example sentences

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Suǒ yǒu de shuǐ guǒ dōu làn le.所有的水果都爛了。

All the fruit is rotten.

Source: Tatoeba #13543173 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhī dào chuāng hù shì nǐ dǎ làn de.我知道窗戶是你打爛的。

I know that you were the one who broke the window.

Source: Tatoeba #12278168 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de yǎn shuō làn tòu le.你的演說爛透了。

Your speech sucked.

Source: Tatoeba #13244351 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shuǐ guǒ hěn kuài jiù làn diào le.水果很快就爛掉了。

The fruit rotted quickly.

Source: Tatoeba #6157016 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè xiē pín guǒ de qí zhōng yí bàn dōu làn le.這些蘋果的其中一半都爛了。

Half of these apples are rotten.

Source: Tatoeba #836165 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de jiǎng cí làn tòu le.你的講詞爛透了。

Your speech sucked.

Source: Tatoeba #13244353 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 爛 in context

  1. Say làn, then recall the core meaning: overcooked, overripe.
  2. Write all 21 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 爛 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.