1 to infect

2 contagious

1 infection

2 to infect

3 to influence

1 to dye

2 to catch (a disease)

3 to acquire (bad habits etc)

4 to contaminate

5 to add color washes to a painting

1 pollution

2 contamination

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible

2 spotless

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible

2 spotless

1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)

2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible

1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

1 to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity

1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption