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The character '泞' derives from its traditional counterpart '濘', a formation that integrates the water radical '氵' to denote concepts related to liquid or dampness with the component '寧' serving primarily as a phonetic indicator for the sound 'níng', thus originally signifying muddy or water-saturated ground. Its structural composition has consistently emphasized this association with wetness, even as the character simplified to '泞' by replacing '寧' with the streamlined phonetic '宁', maintaining both the auditory cue and the semantic link to its core meaning. While early textual uses applied it broadly to describe slushy or impassable terrain, its semantic range narrowed over time, and it is now almost exclusively encountered in the term '泥泞', which specifically denotes muddiness or a boggy state, reflecting a consolidation rather than a shift in its fundamental meaning.
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这条路很泥泞。
雨后的道路很泥泞。
我们走在泥泞的小路上。
泥泞的土地让行走困难。
车子陷入了泥泞的沼泽中。
尽管道路泥泞，我们还是继续前进。
因为昨晚下雨，所以今天的山路特别泥泞。
这场暴雨使得整个村庄的道路都变得泥泞不堪。