荼毒
tou4 duk6tú dú
English
- (literary) to cause great suffering
- to corrupt someone with bad morals etc; to make somebody become immoral or bad
粵語 — Cantonese
- 將唔好嘅道德觀、思想灌輸俾其他人，令佢哋變壞
Examples
電視嘅暴力畫面荼毒青少年。
Violent scenes on television corrupt the youth.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk