piān
Pinyin

Definition

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piān
  1. to lean
  2. to slant
  3. oblique
  4. prejudiced
  5. to deviate from average
  6. to stray from the intended line
  7. stubbornly
  8. contrary to expectations
  9. left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
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
piān pì
  1. 1 remote
  2. 2 desolate
  3. 3 far from the city
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
piān zhí
  1. 1 prejudice
  2. 2 bigotry

Idioms (5)

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)
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

最近我的健康检查报告出来了,我血压偏高,我妈妈也有高血压,她前几年就开始洗肾了,我的前景堪忧啊!
zuìjìn wǒ de jiànkāng jiǎnchá bàogào chūlái le ,wǒ xuèyā piāngāo ,wǒ māma yě yǒu gāoxuèyā ,tā qián jǐnián jiù kāishǐ xǐshèn le ,wǒ de qiánjǐng kānyōu ā !
Recently I got my health check results back and my blood pressure is elevated. My mother also has high blood pressure. She started dialysis a few years ago, so I’m quite worried about my future!
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还没呢!每次讲到这个问题,他总跟我说他有的是钱,让我别担心生活,乖乖在家享清福就好,但偏偏我就是不想要。
hái méi ne !měicì jiǎng dào zhège wèntí ,tā zǒng gēn wǒ shuō tā yǒudeshì qián ,ràng wǒ bié dānxīn shēnghuó ,guāi guāi zài jiā xiǎngqīngfú jiù hǎo ,dàn piānpiān wǒ jiùshì bù xiǎngyào 。
Not yet! Every time the issue comes up, he always says to me that the one thing he does have is money, and that I don’t need to worry about making a living, and that I should just enjoy a life of ease and comfort like a good girl, but I really don’t want that.
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我也不想要阿!但偏偏我们家那个死鬼,硬是要跟我吵工作的问题。我出来跟你们聚是来避难的。
wǒ yě bù xiǎngyào Ā !dàn piānpiān wǒmen jiā nàge sǐguǐ ,yìngshì yào gēn wǒ chǎo gōngzuò de wèntí 。wǒ chūlái gēn nǐmen jv4 shì lái bìnàn de 。
I don’t want to either! But that scoundrel at home insisted on arguing with me about a work problem. The reason I came out to attend the get together with you guys was avoiding a disaster at home.
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所以我才坚持我一定要经济独立!不是所有的男人都可以理解家务劳动的价值,偏偏他们又死性不改,所以我绝对不能让步!
suǒyǐ wǒ cái jiānchí wǒ yīdìng yào jīngjì dúlì !búshi suǒyǒu de nánrén dōu kěyǐ lǐjiě jiāwù láodòng de jiàzhí ,piānpiān tāmen yòu sǐxìngbùgǎi ,suǒyǐ wǒ juéduì bùnéng ràngbù !
So that’s why I insist on my financial independence! Not all men understand the value of housework, and they’re all old dogs who can’t change their tricks, so I really can’t give an inch!
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为了和平,我们要牢固树立人类命运共同体意识。偏见和歧视、仇恨和战争,只会带来灾难和痛苦。相互尊重、平等相处、和平发展、共同繁荣,才是人间正道,世界各国应该共同维护以联合国宪章宗旨和原则为核心的国际秩序和国际体系,积极构建以合作共赢为核心的新型国际关系共同推进世界和平与发展的崇高事业。
wèile hépíng ,wǒmen yào láogù shùlì rénlèi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ yìshi 。piānjiàn hé qíshì 、chóuhèn hé zhànzhēng ,zhī huì dàilái zāinàn hé tòngkǔ 。xiānghù zūnzhòng 、píngděng xiāngchǔ 、hépíng fāzhǎn 、gòngtóng fánróng ,cái shì rénjiān zhèngdào ,shìjiègèguó yīnggāi gòngtóng wéihù yǐ Liánhéguó xiànzhāng zōngzhǐ hé yuánzé wèi héxīn de guójì zhìxù hé guójì tǐxì ,jījí gòujiàn yǐ to collaborate gòngyíng wèi héxīn de xīnxíng guójì guānxi gòngtóng tuījìn shìjiè hépíng yǔ fāzhǎn de chónggāo shìyè 。
For peace, we have to securely establish an awareness of a community of destiny among humanity. Prejudice and discrimination, hostility and war, they only bring disaster and pain. Mutual respect, treating one another as equals, peaceful development, prospering together, this is the true path for humanity. Each country in the world should uphold the objectives and principles enshrined in the United Nations charter as the core tenets of international order and the international system, to proactively construct new international relations with win-win cooperation at its core, to continue to carry forward the sublime undertaking that is world peace and development.
你还怪我动作慢呀?是他没礼貌吧?我觉得中国人一点空间意识都没有,常常有人在宽到不能再宽的马路上,就偏往我身上撞过来。
nǐ hái guài wǒ dòngzuò màn ya ?shì tā méi lǐmào ba ?wǒ juéde Zhōngguórén yīdiǎn kōngjiānyìshi dōu méiyǒu ,chángcháng yǒurén zài kuān dào bùnéng zài kuān de mǎlù shang ,jiù piān wǎng wǒ shēnshàng zhuàng guòlai 。
You're blaming me for being too slow on the draw? It was him that was impolite, no? I think Chinese people don't have any respect for personal space. Often I find that in a street that's so wide it couldn't be wider, people will still try and veer towards me so that they bump into me.
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不是我泼你冷水啊兄弟,我慢慢给你分析啊,咱们大多数人在看待结果的时候呢,往往都会走进归因偏差的误区,可毕竟成功不能进行片面归因。
bùshì wǒ pō nǐ lěngshuǐ ā xiōngdì ,wǒ mànmàn gěi nǐ fēnxī ā ,zánmen dàduōshù rén zài kàndài jiéguǒ de shíhou ne ,wǎngwǎng dōuhuì zǒujìn guīyīn piānchā de wùqū ,kě bìjìng chénggōng bùnéng jìnxíng piànmiàn guīyīn 。
I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, buddy. How about I break it down for you. When the majority of us are looking to an outcome, we'll often fall into the trap of an attribution bias. Although of course even if you're successful you can't carry out subjective attribution.
越绕越糊涂,什么归因偏差,片面归因的,别说得这么深奥,生怕别人不知道你假正经啊,来点深入浅出,浅显易懂的。
yuè rào yuè hútu ,shénme guīyīn piānchā ,piànmiàn guīyīn de ,bié shuō de zhème shēn ào ,shēngpà biérén bù zhīdào nǐ jiǎ zhèngjing ā ,lái diǎnr shēnrùqiǎnchū ,qiǎnxiǎnyìdǒng de 。
The more you explain the less I understand. What is attribution bias? What is subjective attribution? Don't be so abstruse, just so people won't see through your serious pose. Can you put it in layman's terms so that it's easy to understand, please?
欸欸欸,等等等等!这是什么偏方?我只听过冰敷能止痒。
èi èi èi ,děngdeng děngdeng !zhè shì shénme piānfāng ?wǒ zhǐ tīng guo bīngfū néng zhǐ yǎng 。
Ahhh! Wait wait wait! What kind of folk remedy is this? I've only heard that using a cold compress can stop itching.
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你这是充满了偏见和歧视,正是因为你们这样的偏见才使得社会不同阶级有了对立和仇视情绪,愈演愈烈直到一发不可收拾。
nǐ zhè shì chōngmǎn le piānjiàn hé qíshì ,zhèngshì yīnwèi nǐmen zhèyàng de piānjiàn cái shǐde shèhuì bùtóng jiējí yǒu le duìlì hé chóushì qíngxù ,yùyǎnyùliè zhídào yī fā bù kě shōushi 。
That is so subjective and prejudiced. It's your kind of prejudice that causes opposition and hatred between different classes in society, which has gotten more and more dramatic to the point that it can't be remedied.