Definition & Meaning

1.in bits and pieces; scrappy; fragmentary; piecemeal

2.odds and ends; bits and pieces; oddments

Word usage

líng suì

零 碎

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1
adj.in bits and pieces; scrappy; fragmentary; piecemeal
- líng suì shì qing
  零碎事情
  miscellaneous matters
- hǎo hǎo lì yòng líng suì cái liào
  好好利用零碎材料
  make good use of fragmentary material
- líng suì bù liào
  零碎布料
  scraps of cloth
synonym
líng xīng零星 xì suì细碎 suǒ xiè琐屑 suǒ xì琐细
2
n.odds and ends; bits and pieces; oddments
- tā men zhèng zài shí duo líng suì
  他们正在拾掇零碎。
  They are tidying up the odds and ends.
- bǎ líng suì shí duo dào yī qǐ
  把零碎拾掇到一起
  tidy up all the odds and ends
synonym
líng xīng零星 xì suì细碎 líng sǎn零散 suǒ xiè琐屑 suǒ xì琐细
antonym
wán zhěng完整

Word usage

Note
"零碎" is different from "零星" and "零散". "零碎" means incompleteness, and has noun usage; "零星" means the small number; "零散" means the scattered state.

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