破破烂烂

破破爛爛

pòpòlànlàn

adjective #28,219

Meanings

1 tattered
2 ragged
3 worn out and falling apart

Characters

broken / worn out

rotten / ragged

Examples

HSK 5

那座破破烂烂的老屋终于被拆掉了。

Nà zuò pòpòlànlàn de lǎowū zhōngyú bèi chāi diào le.

That dilapidated old house was finally demolished.

HSK 7-9

他穿着一件破破烂烂的外套。

Tā chuānzhe yī jiàn pòpòlànlàn de wàitào.

He was wearing a tattered coat.

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