褴褛

襤褸

lánlǚ

adjective #31,274

Meanings

1 (of clothing) ragged
2 tattered
3 shabby

Characters

Examples

他穿着一身褴褛的衣服。

Tā chuān zhe yì shēn lánlǚ de yīfu.

He was wearing a set of ragged clothes.

那个乞丐衣衫褴褛。

Nà ge qǐgài yīshān lánlǚ.

That beggar was dressed in tatters.

Tips

usage

Almost always used with clothing — the stock collocation is 衣衫褴褛 ("clothes ragged"), describing the very poor or destitute in literary/news writing. The clothing radical 衤 appears in both 褴 and 褛, advertising the meaning. Note 褛 is lǚ (3rd tone), the dictionary reading recorded in CC-CEDICT.

Stroke Order

褴 lán

褛 lǚ