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Character « 瘴 »

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Character
瘴
(16 stroke)
Radical
疒
(+11 stroke)
Pinyin
zhàng

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瘴 (瘴) zhàng

General meaning
Definitions
Vocabulary

◎ 〔～气〕热带山林中的湿热蒸郁致人疾病的气。简称“瘴”，如“～疠”，“毒～”，“～雨蛮烟”。

Noun

(形声。从疒( chuáng),章声。“疒”与疾病有关。本义:瘴气,旧指南方山林间湿热蒸郁致人疾病的气)
同本义 [miasma]。如:瘴烟(湿势蒸发而致人疾病的烟气);瘴氛(犹瘴气);瘴雨(指南方含有瘴气的雨);瘴茅(芒茅黄枯时节之瘴疠);瘴海(南方海域;指南方有瘴气之地);瘴乡(南方有瘴气的地方)
瘴疠[communicable subtropical diseases]。亦作“瘴厉”。感受瘴气而生的疾病。亦泛指恶性疟疾等病。如:瘴色(因瘴厉患病的气色)

毒瘴 dú zhàng
[miasma] 有害人体、使人生病的瘴气
烟瘴 ( 煙瘴 ) yān zhàng
[miasma] 瘴气

言不闻蛮景烟瘴,芦水蜈蚣巴蛇,乃蛮地毒物。——《三国志平话》
乌烟瘴气 ( 烏煙瘴氣 ) wū yān -zhàng qì
[foul atmosphere;pandemonium reigns thorought] 瘴气,原指热带地方山林中的湿热空气,过去被误认为瘴疠的病源。比喻空气污浊、秩序混乱或社会黑暗、风气不正