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The character 瘪 means shriveled, shrunken, or deflated, linking a state of physical deterioration to the concept of affliction. It contains the sickness radical 疒, which encloses the simplified phonetic component 仑. This replaces the more complex inner structure of its traditional form, 癟. While the radical suggests a medical condition, the character's meaning has broadened to describe inanimate objects, like a deflated tire or an empty wallet, rather than being limited to living beings. This expansion marks a shift from a purely biological sense to a general physical state of being flat or crushed.
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车胎完全瘪了。
这个气球有点瘪了。
他饿得肚子都瘪了。
干瘪的苹果没人想吃。
被拒绝后，他顿时瘪了气。
连续干旱让种子变得干瘪。
瘪三的伎俩骗不了明白人。
经济制裁让它的钱包瘪了下去。