1. noun evil; wrong; fraud
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '弊' n 2; Unihan '弊')
  2. noun damage; harm
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '弊' n 1)
  3. adjective fatigued
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 疲困(Guoyu '弊' adj)
  4. verb to defeat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 败 (Guoyu '弊' v)
  5. adjective foul; pūti
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūti, Japanese: hei, or: hetsu (BCSD '弊', p. 433; MW 'bhaṇḍ'; SH '弊', p. 432; Unihan '弊')

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