腐败

Traditional form:

腐敗

Pinyin (reading):

fǔbài

Definitions:

• corruption
• to corrupt
• to rot
• rotten

Characters:

• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
• 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat

Traditional characters:

• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
• 敗 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat