Definition
斑斑 is a literary/formal reduplicated adjective describing something covered in stains, spots, or speckles. It often pairs with nouns like 血迹 (bloodstains), 泪痕 (tear marks), or 污渍 (dirt stains) to form vivid descriptions. It is not used in everyday casual speech; instead, you find it in prose, news, and descriptive writing.
r.f.
full of stains or spotsmottledspeckled
Examples
- 斑斑，。Tā de yīfu shàng xuèjì bān bān, yí kàn jiù zhīdao shòu le shāng.His clothes were covered in bloodstains — you could tell at a glance that he was injured.
- 斑斑，。Qiáng shàng bān bān diǎn diǎn, yǐjīng hěn jiǔ méiyǒu fěnshuā le.The wall is speckled all over; it hasn't been painted for a long time.
- 斑斑，。Tā liǎn shàng lèihén bān bān, kū de hěn shāngxīn.Her face was streaked with tears — she was crying very sadly.
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