污秽

wū huì · HSK 7

filthy

🗑️💩 污 (氵water + dirty) + 秽 (禾plant + foul) = two filth words stacked

污 carries the water radical 氵, the grime of polluted water; 秽 carries the grain radical 禾, foul rotting weeds choking a field. Doubling two filthy words intensifies to nasty, sordid, filthy.

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