伤痕 (shāng hén) — scar (on the skin); (figurative) emotional scar
Definition
A scar — both the physical mark left on skin after a wound heals and the lasting emotional imprint of a painful event. 疤 focuses only on the physical mark, while 创伤 leans toward the psychological injury itself.
noun
scar (on the skin)(figurative) emotional scar
Measure word · 道
Examples
- 伤痕。Tā liǎn shàng de shāng hén shì xiǎo shí hou bèi māo zhuā de.The scar on his face is from being scratched by a cat when he was little.
- 伤痕。Zhàn zhēng gěi rén men liú xià le shēn shēn de shāng hén.The war left deep scars on people.
- 伤痕，。Zhè dào shāng hén suī rán yǐ jīng dàn le, dàn wǒ hái jì de zěn me lái de.This scar has faded, but I still remember how it came about.
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