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片段

piànduàn

fragment; excerpt; segment

Scissors cut a short green piece from a long ribbon
Memory picture

Characters in this word

片 piàn

Strokes
4
Radical
片 — slice, splinter
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

段 duàn

Strokes
9
Radical
殳 — tool, weapon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 纪录片选取了几个关键片段,呈现城市更新背后的矛盾。 Jìlùpiàn xuǎnqǔ le jǐ gè guānjiàn piànduàn, chéngxiàn chéngshì gēngxīn bèihòu de máodùn. The documentary selects several key segments to present the conflicts behind urban renewal.
  • 我只记得小时候的几个片段。 Wǒ zhǐ jìde xiǎoshíhou de jǐ gè piànduàn. I only remember a few fragments from my childhood.
  • 老师放了这部电影的一个片段给我们看。 Lǎoshī fàng le zhè bù diànyǐng de yī gè piànduàn gěi wǒmen kàn. The teacher showed us a clip from this film.

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