糜 (méi) — (bound form) gruel, porridge; (bound form) spoiled, ruined
Definition
糜 (méi) is a literary bound morpheme — it almost always appears inside compounds, not alone. In 糜烂 it means 'rotted/ruined'; in 糜费 it means 'wasteful'; in 糜粥 it means 'porridge/gruel'.
bound form
(bound form) gruelporridge(bound form) spoiledruined
Examples
- 。Zhè piàn tǔ dì yǐ jīng méi làn bù kān.This land has become rotten and beyond repair.
- 糜。Tā yīn wèi méi fèi wú dù ér pò chǎn.He went bankrupt because of excessive wastefulness.
- 糜。Zhè zhǒng méi zhōu hěn shì hé bìng rén shí yòng.This kind of gruel is very suitable for sick people.
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