创痕 (chuāng) — scar (physical or emotional)

Definition

Literary word for a scar, used for both physical wounds and figurative emotional or psychological wounds (e.g. of war, trauma). More formal and written than everyday 伤疤.

noun

scar (physical or emotional)

Measure word · 道

Examples

创痕。
Zhàn zhēng liú xià de chuāng zhì jīn réng rán qīng xī kě jiàn.
The scars left by the war are still clearly visible today.
创痕，。
Tā de liǎn shàng yǒu yí dào chuāng, shì xiǎo shí hou shuāi de.
There is a scar on his face from a fall when he was a child.
创痕。
Shí jiān kě yǐ fǔ píng xīn líng de chuāng.
Time can heal the scars of the heart.

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