Definition
破烂 is an attributive adjective describing objects that are old, damaged, and shabby — tattered clothing, worn-out furniture, dilapidated buildings. In colloquial speech it can also stand alone as a mass noun meaning 'junk' or 'scrap' (捡破烂, 'to scavenge junk'), but the adjective sense is the primary one and the only sense that fits the attributive (attr.) POS tag.
attr.
tatteredraggedworn-out (used before nouns)
Examples
- 破烂。Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn pò làn de chènshān.He is wearing a tattered shirt.
- 破烂。Zhèxiē pò làn de jiājù gāi rēng le.These worn-out pieces of furniture should be thrown away.
- 破烂。Nà jiān pò làn de fángzi méi rén zhù.That dilapidated house is uninhabited.
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