斑驳 (斑駁)
bān bó
Pinyin
Definition
斑驳 (斑駁)
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- mottled
- motley
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
略见一斑
- 1 lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the panther) (idiom)
- 2 fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
窥豹一斑
- 1 lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view
Sample Sentences
哎,我觉得新天地这种利用上海的老式石库门建筑来构造的娱乐场所,虽然很有特色,但却少了石库门作为一种民居而包含的人文情怀。不过那些斑驳的墙,生锈的栅栏,黑漆的木门,磨去油漆的石柱,凹凸不平的路面,还是能让人体会到一些石库门弄堂的沧桑的。
Oh, I think that though it's very distinctive, architecture like Xin Tian Di that uses old-style shikumen to create entertainment venues loses some of the spirit of humanity that comes from having people living in a place. But those mottled walls, rusty railings, black-lacquered wooden doors, black-painted stone pillars and uneven roads still give you a sense of the big changes in the shikumen.