偏
piān
Pinyin
Definition
偏
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- to lean
- to slant
- oblique
- prejudiced
- to deviate from average
- to stray from the intended line
- stubbornly
- contrary to expectations
- left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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
- 1 (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately
- 2 as it happened
- 3 (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly
- 4 contrarily
- 5 against reason
- 6 (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely
- 7 only
- 8 of all people
- 1 remote
- 2 desolate
- 3 far from the city
- 1 partial towards sth
- 2 to prefer
- 3 to incline
- 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
- 1 prejudice
- 2 bigotry
Idioms (5)
偏邪不正
- 1 biased
- 2 prejudiced (idiom)
剑走偏锋
- 1 the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
- 2 fig. unexpected winning move
- 3 unconventional gambit
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
- 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
明知山有虎,偏向虎山行
- 1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
补偏救弊
- 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!
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!
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。
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.
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。
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.
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!
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!
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。
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。
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.
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。
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。
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。
Ahhh! Wait wait wait! What kind of folk remedy is this? I've only heard that using a cold compress can stop itching.
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。
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.