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The word "处处" (chùchù) is formed through the process of reduplication, where the single character "处" , which originally means a "place", "location", or "to be situated" , is duplicated. This grammatical construction is common in Chinese to create an adverb that expresses a distributive or comprehensive meaning, transforming the core idea of a specific "place" into the generalized concept of "everywhere", "in all places", or "in all respects". The repetition amplifies and universalizes the scope, moving from the singular to the plural and all-encompassing, which is a standard morphological pattern for forming words indicating totality or repetition of an action or state.