Definition
散落 means 'to be scattered (over an area)' — it describes objects lying in various places as a resulting state, often naturally (e.g., petals, clothes, villages). Unlike the active verb 散 (sàn) 'to disperse,' 散落 focuses on the static state after scattering; and unlike 分散 (fēnsàn), which is often transitive or deliberate, 散落 is intransitive and typically used with a location (散落在...).
verb
to be scatteredto lie scattered (over an area)
Examples
- ,散落。Yǔ hòu, huābàn sàn luò le yí dì.After the rain, petals were scattered all over the ground.
- 散落。Tā de yīfu sàn luò zài chuáng shàng.His clothes were scattered on the bed.
- 散落。Zhèxiē cūnzhuāng sàn luò zài shāngǔ zhōng.These villages are scattered in the valley.
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