污秽

• 병음: wū huì
• 한자 분석: 污 = 氵 (water) + 亏 (deficient — polluted water); 秽 = 禾 (grain) + 岁 (years — grain left to rot, putrid)

뜻

몹시 더럽고 추함; (도덕적으로) 타락함

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.

예문

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。

사용 가이드

맥락: literature, environment, morality

어조: serious

올바른 표현

• 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.)

피해야 할 표현

• 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

기원과 역사

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

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal