Definition
滚滚 is a reduplicated form (AA pattern) used as an adjective or adverb to describe something that rolls, surges, or billows in a continuous, powerful manner. You'll see it with clouds (乌云滚滚), smoke (硝烟滚滚), water (江水滚滚), and dust (尘土滚滚). It often appears in literary or vivid descriptive contexts.
r.f.
rollingbillowingsurgingin waves
Examples
- 滚滚，。Wūyún gǔn gǔn ér lái, yào xià yǔ le.Dark clouds are rolling in; it's going to rain.
- 滚滚，礴。Dà jiāng gǔn gǔn dōng liú, qìshì pángbó.The great river rolls eastward with majestic momentum.
- 滚滚，。Zhànchǎng shàng xiāoyān gǔn gǔn, yí piàn hùnluàn.On the battlefield, smoke billowed and chaos reigned.
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