变质

biànzhì

to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 變質

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食物变质了。

The food has gone bad.

牛奶放久了会变质。

Milk goes bad if kept too long.