疤痕

bāhén
noun #9,822

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 scar
  2. 2 mark left by a wound

Examples

Tā liǎn shàng yǒu yī dào bāhén.
He has a scar on his face.
Zhège bāhén shì xiǎoshíhou liúxià de.
This scar was left from childhood.
Zhànzhēng gěi zhè zuò chéngshì liúxià le shēnshēn de bāhén.
The war left deep scars on this city.

Tips

usage
疤痕 is used both literally (physical scars) and figuratively (emotional or historical scars). 伤疤 (shāngbā) is a more colloquial synonym. The idiom 伤疤 means 'once the wound heals, one forgets the pain.'

Stroke Order

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