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瘫

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verb HSK 7 #19,998

Meanings

  1. 1 to be paralyzed
  2. 2 to collapse; to slump (colloquial)

Examples

他累得瘫在沙发上。
Tā lèi de tān zài shāfā shàng.
He was so tired he collapsed onto the sofa.
交通系统完全瘫了。
Jiāotōng xìtǒng wánquán tān le.
The transportation system completely collapsed.

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usage
Beyond the medical meaning (paralysis), 瘫 is widely used colloquially to describe flopping down from exhaustion — 瘫在床上 (sprawled on the bed). Also used for systems breaking down: 网络瘫了 (the network is down).

Stroke Order

瘫 tān