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The character 秽 is a phono-semantic compound with the grain radical 禾 on the left, indicating an agricultural context, and the phonetic component 岁 (traditionally 歲) on the right. Its original meaning referred to invasive weeds growing among crops, damaging the harvest. Since such weeds spoil a field's purity, the sense broadened to describe physical dirtiness or filth. This notion of impurity later extended to the moral sphere, encompassing obscenity, corruption, or socially unacceptable conduct.
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这个地方很污秽。
他清除了地上的秽物。
房间里的秽气让人难受。
我们必须处理这些污秽的东西。
看到这么污秽的环境，他皱起了眉头。
她抱怨说，这里的秽物太多了。
他的言语中充满了秽语，令人不悦。
尽管努力清洁，角落仍残留着些许秽迹。