纷纷

fēnfēn · HSK 4

one after another

❄️ 纷 = 丝 silk + 分 split — scattered threads, one after another

纷纷 doubles 纷 (silk 丝 + divide 分) to mean things falling or arriving in a scattered, continuous flurry — snowflakes, rumors, complaints. The reduplication intensifies the scattered, one-after-another sense.

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