一幕幕 (yī mù mù) — scene after scene; one scene after another (of events or images unfolding in sequence)

Definition

Reduplication of 一幕 meaning "scene after scene" — each 幕 is a single scene, so the repeated form emphasizes a sequence of vivid moments unfolding one after another.

numeral
scene after sceneone scene after another (of events or images unfolding in sequence)

Examples

  • 一幕幕，。
    Huí yì qǐ tóng nián de yī mù mù, tā rěn bú zhù xiào le.
    Recalling scene after scene from his childhood, he couldn't help but smile.
  • 一幕幕。
    Diàn yǐng zhōng de yī mù mù ràng rén fēi cháng gǎn dòng.
    The scenes one after another in the movie were very moving.
  • 一幕幕。
    Nà chǎng shì gù de yī mù mù zhì jīn réng zài tā nǎo hǎi zhōng fú xiàn.
    The scenes of that accident still appear in his mind one after another to this day.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò幕mù
Same sound today

幕 combines 莫 above 巾 (cloth); 莫 gives the sound.

Open 幕 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò幕mù
Same sound today

幕 combines 莫 above 巾 (cloth); 莫 gives the sound.

Open 幕 →

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