scatter; disperse; be dispersed
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to scatter and be lost; to drift apart and become dispersed (often referring to people, cultural relics, or objects separated from their original place)
Commonly used for cultural relics lost overseas or people displaced from their homeland due to war or disaster.
Yǒu有
de的
wén文
wù物
liú流
sàn散
guó国
wài外
。
Some cultural relics were scattered and lost abroad.
Dāng当
nián年
liú流
sàn散
zài在
wài外
de的
zāi灾
mín民
lù陆
xù续
fǎn返
huí回
le了
jiā家
xiāng乡
。
The disaster victims who had been dispersed outside returned to their hometowns one after another.
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Zhàn战
luàn乱
zhōng中
，
xǔ许
duō多
zhēn珍
guì贵
gǔ古
jí籍
liú流
sàn散
dào到
shì世
jiè界
gè各
dì地
。
During the war, many precious ancient books were scattered to various parts of the world.