jué

獗

Character · Bound morpheme

unbridled; rampant

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

bound morpheme

(in '猖獗') unruly; rampant; running wild

formal

This character almost exclusively appears in the compound word 猖獗 (chāng jué). It is a bound morpheme and is not used independently.

Zhè这
gè个
dì地
qū区
de的
fàn犯
zuì罪
huó活
dòng动
yī一
dù度
fēi非
cháng常
chāng猖
jué獗
 。

Criminal activity in this area was once very rampant.

Wǒ我
men们
bì必
xū须
cǎi采
qǔ取
cuò措
shī施
 ,
è遏
zhì制
bìng病
dú毒
de的
chāng猖
jué獗
chuán传
bō播
 。

We must take measures to curb the rampant spread of the virus.

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Lì历
shǐ史
shàng上
 ,
zhè这
zhǒng种
jí疾
bìng病
céng曾
zài在
ōu欧
zhōu洲
dà大
lù陆
chāng猖
jué獗
liú流
xíng行
 。

Historically, this disease was rampant on the European continent.