伤痕

傷痕
shānghén
noun HSK 7 #5,643

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 scar; wound mark

Characters

Literally 'wound mark' — the visible trace left by an injury.

Examples

Tā liǎn shàng yǒu yí dào shānghén.
He has a scar on his face.
Zhànzhēng gěi zhè zuò chéngshì liúxià le shēnshēn de shānghén.
The war left deep scars on this city.

Tips

culture
伤痕文学 (shānghén wénxué, 'scar literature') is a major literary movement from the late 1970s. These works dealt with the trauma of the Cultural Revolution, and the term became one of the most recognized literary labels in modern Chinese history.

Stroke Order

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