退化

tuìhuà
  1. to degenerate
  2. atrophy

CEDICT

  1. (mathematics) degeneracy
  2. degeneracy
  3. to degenerate; to atrophy
  4. to deteriorate; to worsen; to decline; to fall; to drop

Wiktionary

  1. 生物内的某种器官或功能，构造逐渐简单，或作用逐渐丧失的现象。如仙人掌的叶子退化成针状。
  2. 边陲地带的劳工、资源及资金等，不断流向核心区，以致本身的发展停滞，逐渐衰退的现象。
  3. 衰退、衰落。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 退 tuì
  1. to retreat; to withdraw
  2. to reject; to return (sth)
  3. to decline
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化学 huàxué

Containing this entry

土地退化 tǔdìtuìhuà

Related entries

沦落 lúnluò
  1. to degenerate
  2. impoverished
  3. to fall (into poverty)
  4. to be reduced (to begging)
堕 duò
  1. to fall; to sink
  2. (fig.) to degenerate
堕落 duòluò
  1. to degrade
  2. to degenerate
  3. to become depraved
  4. corrupt
  5. a fall from grace
在思想的領域中, 荒誕和墮落仍然主宰著世界, 它們的操控只是短時間地被暫停。

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Source: Tatoeba

变坏 biànhuài
  1. to get worse
  2. to degenerate
退行 tuìxíng
  1. to recede
  2. to degenerate
  3. to regress
沦陷 lúnxiàn
  1. to fall into enemy hands
  2. to be occupied
  3. to degenerate
  4. to submerge
蜕变 tuìbiàn
  1. to transform
  2. to morph
  3. to degenerate
  4. metamorphosis
  5. transmutation
  6. transformation
  7. decay
  8. degeneration
流 liú
  1. to flow
  2. to disseminate
  3. to circulate or spread
  4. to move or drift
  5. to degenerate
  6. to banish or send into exile
  7. stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. class, rate or grade
我正流着汗。

I'm dripping with sweat.

Source: Tatoeba

痿 wěi atrophy