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decomposition
The main reason was that steel cables degrade very, very quickly in contact with saltwater.
Worse, biodegradable plastics designed to disintegrate, are increasingly common.

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Open the tool →降解 (jiàng jiě) means “degradation, decomposition”.
降解 is pronounced jiàng jiě in Mandarin Chinese.
“degradation” is 降解 (jiàng jiě) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 降解, each with pinyin and an English translation.