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破破烂烂

破破爛爛
pòpòlànlàn
adjective #28,219

Meanings

  1. 1 tattered
  2. 2 ragged
  3. 3 worn out and falling apart

Characters

破
pò
broken / worn out
烂
làn
rotten / ragged

Examples

他穿着一件破破烂烂的外套。
Tā chuānzhe yī jiàn pòpò lànlàn de wàitào.
He was wearing a tattered coat.
那座破破烂烂的老屋终于被拆掉了。
Nà zuò pòpò lànlàn de lǎo wū zhōngyú bèi chāi diào le.
That dilapidated old house was finally demolished.

Tips

memory
破烂 already means 'tattered/worn out', and redoubling both characters (破破烂烂) intensifies the sense of thorough dilapidation — a common pattern in descriptive Chinese expressions.

Stroke Order

破 pò
烂 làn

Related Words

破烂 pòlàn #6,792
worn-out; tattered; shabby / junk; scrap (as a noun)
破铜烂铁 pòtónglàntiě #28,308
worthless junk / scrap metal / broken odds and ends
破裂 pòliè HSK 7 #6,472
to rupture / to break down / to fall apart
破旧 pòjiù HSK 7 #14,149
worn-out / shabby / dilapidated
破产 pòchǎn HSK 4 #3,863
to go bankrupt / bankruptcy
破案 pòàn HSK 7 #5,937
to solve a case / to crack a case
破坏 pòhuài HSK 3 #1,201
to destroy; to damage / to sabotage; to undermine
破 pò HSK 3 #1,052
broken; damaged / to break; to split; to destroy / to expose; to break through
破碎 pòsuì HSK 7 #7,516
broken / shattered / fragmented
突破 tūpò HSK 5 #4,015
to break through; to make a breakthrough / breakthrough (noun)
破破烂烂 pòpòlànlàn
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