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The character 靡 combines the semantic component 非 (meaning "not" or "wrong") with the phonetic component 麻 (meaning "hemp"), though their phonetic link has weakened in modern pronunciation. Its structure originally evoked dispersal or scattering, as if things were laid flat or blown by the wind. Over time, 靡 developed meanings of wastefulness, extravagance, and the decline of strength or resources. In classical texts, it also functions as a negative particle, akin to "no" or "without", tracing a shift from physical dispersion to grammatical negation and abstract depletion.
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这种音乐被称为靡靡之音。
他的生活作风有些奢靡。
这种款式曾经风靡全国。
靡费公款的官员受到了惩处。
他们靡然从风，盲目追随潮流。
战争的耗靡让国家经济陷入困境。
这座城市充斥着奢靡享乐的风气。
他在个人享乐上的靡费令人咋舌。