零星

língxīng

adjective #28,475

Meanings

今天有零星小雨，出门带伞。

Jīntiān yǒu língxīng xiǎoyǔ, chūmén dài sǎn.

There will be sporadic light rain today — bring an umbrella when you go out.

他只有零星的记忆，想不起事件的全貌。

Tā zhǐyǒu língxīng de jìyì, xiǎng bù qǐ shìjiàn de quán mào.

He only has scattered memories and cannot recall the full picture of the event.

memory

零 means 'odd; scattered; remainder' and 星 means 'star'. Scattered stars in the sky — a vivid image for sporadic, isolated occurrences.

零 líng

星 xīng