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瘫痪

paralysis; to be paralyzed

瘫痪
tānhuàn1st tone
Pinyin
tānhuàn
Strokes
27
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 瘫痪

瘫痪 is written with 27 strokes (瘫: 15, 痪: 12). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

Story word. Literally paralysis; used for a system being down or unable to function. In the script: 系统陷入瘫痪 (the system was paralyzed).

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瘫痪 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

医院的电脑不能工作,别的人也不能挂号,这就叫系统瘫痪。

The hospital's computers could not work, and other people could not register either; this is called a system breakdown.

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