瘟 (wēn) — plague; epidemic; (of animals) to catch an acute communicable disease; (of traditional opera) dull and insipid (a performance quality)
Definition
Bound form meaning 'epidemic/plague' (as in 瘟疫) and '(of animals) sick with an epidemic'. In traditional opera criticism, 瘟戏 = a dull, flat performance with no spark.
bound form
plagueepidemic(of animals) to catch an acute communicable disease(of traditional opera) dull and insipid (a performance quality)
Examples
- 。Lì shǐ shàng duō cì wēn yì duó zǒu le wú shù shēng mìng.Plagues throughout history have taken countless lives.
- 瘟。Qù nián bào fā de zhū wēn ràng yǎng zhí hù sǔn shī cǎn zhòng.The swine fever outbreak last year caused heavy losses for farmers.
- 瘟，。Zhè chū xì shì chū wēn xì, guān zhòng fǎn yìng lěng dàn.This opera is a dull one; the audience's response was cold.
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