变质 (biàn zhì) — (of food) to go bad, to spoil; to degenerate, to deteriorate (of relationships, situations, quality, etc.)
Definition
变质 covers both senses: food going bad and non-food things (relationships, quality, situations) deteriorating. Compared to 恶化, which is used only for situations getting worse, 变质 also applies to physical spoilage.
verb
(of food) to go badto spoilto degenerateto deteriorate (of relationships, situations, quality, etc.)
Examples
- ，变质。Niú nǎi fàng tài jiǔ le, yǐ jīng biàn zhì le.The milk has been left out too long and has already gone bad.
- 变质。Zhè cì shì gù ràng tā men de hé zuò guān xì biàn zhì le.This accident caused their cooperative relationship to deteriorate.
- ，变质。Rú guǒ yuán cái liào yǒu wèn tí, chǎn pǐn róng yì biàn zhì.If the raw materials are problematic, the products will easily spoil.
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