沦丧 (lún sàng) — to be lost, to be ruined (of morality, culture, spirit, etc.); to decline, to degenerate
Definition
A formal/literary verb meaning to collapse or decay, used for abstract things like morality, culture, or spirit (e.g. 道德沦丧). Stronger and more written than the everyday 失去.
verb
to be lostto be ruined (of morality, culture, spirit, etc.)to declineto degenerate
Examples
- ，沦丧。Zhàn zhēng qī jiān, xǔ duō dì fāng de dào dé lún sàng le.During the war, morality in many places collapsed.
- 沦丧，。Rú guǒ xìn yǎng lún sàng, shè huì jiù huì shī qù fāng xiàng.If faith is lost, society will lose its direction.
- 沦丧。Tā xiě de wén zhāng pī pàn le dāng dài jīng shén lún sàng de xiàn xiàng.The article he wrote criticizes the phenomenon of contemporary spiritual decline.
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