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颓 (traditional 頹) is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic component 页 (head) on the right and the phonetic component 秃 (bald) on the left; 秃 also provides the pronunciation. The simplified character 颓 streamlines the strokes but keeps the same structure. The head radical indicates an original association with the head or face, and 秃 adds the meaning of baldness, together evoking a bald head and an underlying sense of bareness or lack. The character originally described physical collapse, a crumbling mountain or an eroded structure losing its integrity. Over time, this image of ruin shifted metaphorically to human psychology, signifying someone who is dejected, morally decadent, or lacking the energy and motivation to move forward.
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他最近很颓废。
不要总是这么颓丧。
公司业绩呈现颓势。
失败后他变得颓然。
这座城市显得有些颓败。
面对困难，他并未颓唐。
长期的颓废生活损害健康。
经济颓靡不振令人担忧。
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