疤 bā scar
scar; cicatrix
How to remember 疤: 疒 illness + 巴 wait for = scar. After a long illness and surgery, the boy can hardly wait for his friends to see the cool scar across his knee.
Component breakdown
疤 = 疒 illness + 巴 wait for
- 疒 illness
- 巴 wait for
After a long illness and surgery, the boy can hardly wait for his friends to see the cool scar across his knee.
How it is used
- A scar - 伤疤 (shāngbā) a scar/wound-mark, 疤痕 (bāhén) a scar.
- 好了伤疤忘了疼 (hǎole shāngbā wàngle téng), once the scar heals you forget the pain, means to forget past suffering (and its lessons) too easily.