污秽

• Pinyin: wū huì
• Desglose de hanzi: 污 = 氵 (water) + 亏 (deficient — polluted water); 秽 = 禾 (grain) + 岁 (years — grain left to rot, putrid)

Significado

Inmundo; repugnante; (también) moralmente corrupto y degradado.

Formal and literary register; more intense than 肮脏 (dirty). Used for both physical filth (污秽之地 = a defiled place) and moral or spiritual impurity. Common in religious texts, literary prose, and formal condemnations of immoral behaviour.

Ejemplos

1. 废弃工厂附近的河道污秽不堪，散发着刺鼻的气味，附近居民苦不堪言。
2. 这部小说以大量篇幅描写了旧社会底层民众所处的污秽环境，深刻揭示了制度的残酷。
3. 法庭上，检察官用道德沦丧来形容被告长期实施的欺骗与剥削行为，措辞极为严厉。

Guía de uso

Contexto: literature, environment, morality

Tono: serious

Correcto

• 调查报告揭示了该地区长达数十年的工业排放所造成的土壤污秽，当地生态系统遭受了难以估量的破坏。(The investigation report revealed the soil contamination caused by decades of industrial discharge in the region — the local ecosystem suffered incalculable damage.)
• 他在文章中将那段历史称为最黑暗、最污秽的时代，认为它将人性中最卑劣的一面彻底暴露出来。(In his article he described that period of history as the darkest and most corrupt era, arguing that it fully exposed the most contemptible aspect of human nature.)

Incorrecto

• 你的房间真污秽 — for an ordinary messy or dirty room use 脏乱 or 肮脏; 污秽 implies extreme filth or moral corruption and sounds exaggerated or archaic in everyday domestic contexts

Origen e historia

污 (dirt, stain, corrupt) + 秽 (filthy, foul, polluted)

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal