dào dé bài huàidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
vice / immorality / moral turpitude
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

道德敗壞 道德败坏 [dao4 de2 bai4 huai4] /vice/immorality/moral turpitude/

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Other forms in these source records: 道德敗壞

  • 道
    dào

    road / path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

  • 德
    dé

    virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind

    Dé

    Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[Dé guó]

  • 败
    bài

    to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

  • 坏
    huài

    bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost

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