萎缩 wěi suō

ㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄛ

VHSK 7-9 TOCFL L5core 10k

1to wither

2to dry up (of a plant)

3to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

shuǐ guǒ水果fàng放jiǔ久le了，jiù就huì会wěi suō萎缩。

水果放久了，就会萎缩。

Fruit that has been left for a long time will shrink.

他的腿部肌肉在他卧床不起的七个月中萎缩了。

The muscles in his legs had atrophied during the seven months he was bedridden.