偏科
piān kē
Pinyin

Definition

偏科
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piān kē
  1. to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others)
  2. overdoing it
  3. to go overboard

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偏
piān
  1. 1 to lean
  2. 2 to slant
  3. 3 oblique
  4. 4 prejudiced
  5. 5 to deviate from average
  6. 6 to stray from the intended line
  7. 7 stubbornly
  8. 8 contrary to expectations
  9. 9 left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical
偏偏
piān piān
  1. 1 (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately
  2. 2 as it happened
  3. 3 (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly
  4. 4 contrarily
  5. 5 against reason
  6. 6 (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely
  7. 7 only
  8. 8 of all people
偏见
piān jiàn
  1. 1 prejudice
挂科
guà kē
  1. 1 to fail (a course)
百科
bǎi kē
  1. 1 universal
  2. 2 encyclopedic
  3. 3 abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书[bǎi kē quán shū]
科
kē
  1. 1 branch of study
  2. 2 administrative section
  3. 3 division
  4. 4 field
  5. 5 branch
  6. 6 stage directions
  7. 7 family (taxonomy)
  8. 8 rules
  9. 9 laws
  10. 10 to mete out (punishment)
  11. 11 to levy (taxes etc)
  12. 12 to fine sb
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
科学
kē xué
  1. 1 science
  2. 2 scientific knowledge
  3. 3 scientific
  4. 4 rational
  5. 5 CL:門|门[mén],個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
科学家
kē xué jiā
  1. 1 scientist
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
科技
kē jì
  1. 1 science and technology
科比
Kē bǐ
  1. 1 Kobe Bryant
  2. 2 abbr. for 科比·布萊恩特|科比·布莱恩特[Kē bǐ · Bù lái ēn tè]
中科院
Zhōng kē yuàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
偏僻
piān pì
  1. 1 remote
  2. 2 desolate
  3. 3 far from the city
偏向
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
偏执
piān zhí
  1. 1 prejudice
  2. 2 bigotry
偏执狂
piān zhí kuáng
  1. 1 paranoia
偏好
piān hào
  1. 1 to prefer
  2. 2 to be partial to sth
  3. 3 preference
偏差
piān chā
  1. 1 bias
  2. 2 deviation
偏心
piān xīn
  1. 1 partial
  2. 2 biased
  3. 3 prejudiced
  4. 4 eccentric
偏爱
piān ài
  1. 1 to be partial towards sth
  2. 2 to favor
  3. 3 to prefer
  4. 4 preference
  5. 5 favorite
偏方
piān fāng
  1. 1 folk remedy
  2. 2 home remedy

Idioms (6)

偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
剑走偏锋
jiàn zǒu piān fēng
  1. 1 the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unexpected winning move
  3. 3 unconventional gambit
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
插科打诨
chā kē dǎ hùn
  1. 1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
  2. 2 buffoonery
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
  1. 1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

Sample Sentences

有这么夸张啊，看来你的偏科情况很严重啊。
yǒu zhème kuāzhāng ā ，kànlai nǐ de piānkē qíngkuàng hěn yánzhòng ā 。
It was so bad? It sounds like you are quite seriously unbalanced across different subjects.
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可不是嘛，不过听说偏科的都是天才！想我语文这么好，生在科举时代，一定是做大官的。
kěbushì ma ，bùguò tīngshuō piānkē de dōu shì tiāncái ！xiǎng wǒ yǔwén zhème hǎo ，shēngzài kējǔ shídài ，yīdìng shì zuò dàguān de 。
Isn't that exactly the case, but I hear people who are unbalanced across different subjects are geniuses! Given that my Chinese language skills were so good, if I'd been born in the imperial examination era, I'd certainly have been a senior government official.
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