làn

soft; mushy

well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad

fire (火) + orchid (兰) = rotten and falling apart

火 anchors the idea of destruction by heat — things burned, overcooked, or broken down. 兰 mainly contributes the sound lán; the fire radical carries the meaning.

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OrchidPhonetic
FireSemantic

这个苹果放太久了,已经了。

zhè ge píng guǒ fàng tài jiǔ le, yǐ jīng làn le。

This apple was left out too long and has already rotted.

他觉得这部电影的故事得没法看。

tā jué de zhè bù diàn yǐng de gù shi làn de méi fǎ kàn。

He thinks the story of this movie is so bad it's unwatchable.

Words with 烂

度烂

dù làn

see 賭爛|赌烂[du3 lan4]

陈谷子烂芝麻

chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma

lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

霉烂

méi làn

mold

三寸不烂之舌

sān cùn bù làn zhī shé

to have a silver tongue

下三烂

xià sān làn

variant of 下三濫|下三滥[xia4 san1 lan4]

朽烂

xiǔ làn

rotten

出头的椽子先烂

chū tóu de chuán zi xiān làn

lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom)

唬烂

hǔ làn

(slang) (Tw) to bullshit

天真烂漫

tiān zhēn làn màn

(idiom) innocent and unaffected

好记性不如烂笔头

hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu

the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

废铜烂铁

fèi tóng làn tiě

scrap metal

捣烂

dǎo làn

to mash

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