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líng sǎn

零 散

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adj.scattered
- bǎ líng sǎn de cái liào guī zài yī qǐ
  把零散的材料归在一起
  piece together scraps of fabric
- bǎ líng sǎn de qíng kuàng còu dào yī kuài
  把零散的情况凑到一块
  piece together scraps of information
- jiāng líng sǎn de yì jiàn jí zhōng
  将零散的意见集中
  collect bits of advice
- rén kǒu fēn bù de líng sǎn
  人口分布的零散
  thinly scattered population
- zhuō shang líng sǎn de fàng zhe jǐ běn shū
  桌上零散地放着几本书。
  A few books were scattered across the desk.
- líng sǎn de zá zhì
  零散的杂志
  stray magazines
- fù sū de líng sǎn xìng ràng qǐ yè duì kuò zhāng gǎn dào jǐng tì
  复苏的零散性让企业对扩张感到警惕。
  The patchiness of the recovery makes businesses wary about expanding.
- mǎ zài mǎ fáng mén kǒu kěn jiáo zhe líng sǎn de gān cǎo
  马在马房门口啃嚼着零散的干草。
  The horse was chewing loose hay at the barn door.
synonym
líng xīng零星 líng suì零碎 líng luò零落

Word usage

Note
"零散" is different from "零碎" and "零星". "零碎" means incompleteness, and has noun usage; "零星" means the small number; "零散" means the scattered state.
Reduplication
"零散" can be reduplicated, for example: "零零散散".
- 我零零散散地到处教些课。
  I do a bit of teaching here and there.
- 他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
  They came straggling up the cliff road.

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