Definition & Meaning

episode; extract; fragment; part; passage; section

Word usage

Words with pian duan

piàn duàn

片 段

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n.episode; extract; fragment; part; passage; section
- xiǎo shuō de mǒu xiē piàn duàn
  小说的某些片段
  certain passages of a novel
- shēng huó piàn duàn
  生活片段
  a slice of life
- piàn duàn huí yì
  片段回忆
  incomplete memory
- huī huáng de piàn duàn
  辉煌的片段
  splendid part
- zhàn zhēng zhōng de piàn duàn
  战争中的片段
  an episode in the war
- gù shì piàn duàn
  故事片段
  parts of a story
- gē qǔ piàn duàn
  歌曲片段
  short snatches of a song
- tā zhǐ néng huí yì qǐ tā shī gē de jǐ gè piàn duàn
  她只能回忆起他诗歌的几个片段。
  She could recall only fragments of his poetry.
- wǒ men nán yǐ bǎ tā de gù shi piàn duàn chuàn qǐ lai
  我们难以把她的故事片段串起来。
  We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story.
antonym
zhěng piān整篇

Word usage

Note
"片段" is different from "片断". "片段" emphasizes the part of the whole, which is relatively complete, and is mostly used for concrete things; "片断" emphasizes fragmentation and is mostly used for abstract things.
common measure word
"片段" is often matched with measure word "个"or"些".
- 一个片段
  one fragment
- 一些片段
  some fragments

Chinese words with pinyin pian duan

piàn duàn片断fragmentary; #$

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