Definition
风化 has two distinct meanings: (1) public morals and decency, often used in the phrase 有伤风化 (to be harmful to public morals); (2) geological weathering, the natural breakdown of rocks. Context determines which sense is intended.
n.
(n.) public moralsdecency(n.) (geology) weathering
Examples
- ，。Zhè zhǒng guǎnggào yǒu shāng fēng huà, bù yīnggāi bōfàng.This kind of advertisement harms public morals and should not be broadcast.
- 风化。Shèhuì fēng huà de wéihù xūyào měi gè rén de nǔlì.Maintaining social decency requires everyone's effort.
- 风化。Zhè zuò shān de yánshí fēng huà fēicháng yánzhòng.The rock weathering on this mountain is very severe.
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