偏 piān
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
偏离
piānlí
to deviate from; to depart from
Characters in this word
离 lí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禸 — rump
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 项目执行过程中逐渐偏离初衷，最终失去了公众支持。 Xiàngmù zhíxíng guòchéng zhōng zhújiàn piānlí chūzhōng, zuìzhōng shīqù le gōngzhòng zhīchí. During implementation, the project gradually departed from its original purpose and ultimately lost public support.
- 小船被大风吹得偏离了航线。 Xiǎochuán bèi dàfēng chuī de piānlí le hángxiàn. The small boat was blown off course by the strong wind.
- 讨论越来越偏离主题，大家都忘了原来的问题。 Tǎolùn yuè lái yuè piānlí zhǔtí, dàjiā dōu wàng le yuánlái de wèntí. The discussion drifted further and further from the topic, and everyone forgot the original question.
Related words
- 偏 piān biased; partial; to deviate; rather
- 偏爱 piān'ài to favour; to be partial to
- 偏差 piānchā deviation; discrepancy; bias
- 偏见 piānjiàn prejudice; bias
- 偏旁 piānpáng radical; component of a Chinese character
- 偏僻 piānpì remote; out-of-the-way
- 偏偏 piānpiān unexpectedly; deliberately; just so happens that
- 偏向 piānxiàng tendency; inclination; to be partial towards
- 偏远 piānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 离 lí from (distance)
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 离婚 líhūn to divorce