派别 (派別)
pài bié
Pinyin

Definition

派别 (派別)
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pài bié
  1. denomination
  2. group
  3. school
  4. faction
  5. school of thought

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

派
pài
  1. 1 clique
  2. 2 school
  3. 3 group
  4. 4 faction
  5. 5 to dispatch
  6. 6 to send
  7. 7 to assign
  8. 8 to appoint
  9. 9 pi (Greek letter Ππ)
  10. 10 the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926
  11. 11 (loanword) pie
派出所
pài chū suǒ
  1. 1 local police station
派对
pài duì
  1. 1 party (loanword)
派送
pài sòng
  1. 1 to send
  2. 2 to deliver
  3. 3 to distribute
做派
zuò pài
  1. 1 way of doing sth
  2. 2 behavior
  3. 3 to act in an affected manner
  4. 4 mannerism
  5. 5 gestures in opera

Idioms (1)

天差地別
tiān chā dì bié
  1. 1 poles apart (idiom)
  2. 2 as different as can be

Sample Sentences

我听过词的派别，分成“豪放派”和“婉约派”，我把它们非常浅显的理解为“积极派”与“消极派”。
wǒ tīng guò cí de pàibié ，fēn chéng “háofàng pài ”hé “wǎnyuē pài ”，wǒ bǎ tāmen fēicháng qiǎnxiǎn de lǐjiě wèi “jījí pài ”yǔ “xiāojí pài ”。
I've heard that there are different schools of ci poetry, the unrestrained school and the subdued school. In very plain terms I've understood this as the "positive school" and the "negative school".
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好，下面一题，请大家听好。刚才我们说到了中国佛教的三大派别，请继续说出另两大宗教的主要派别。抢答开始！二号选手！
hǎo ，xiàmian yī tí ，qǐng dàjiā tīng hǎo 。gāngcái wǒmen shuō dào le Zhōngguó Fójiào de sān dà pàibié ，qǐng jìxù shuōchū lìng liǎng dà zōngjiào de zhǔyào pàibié 。qiǎngdá kāishǐ ！èr hào xuǎnshǒu ！
OK, next question coming up. We just discussed the three schools of Chinese Buddhism. Please name the different schools of the other two major religions. Begin! Contestant number two!
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这是说少林功夫主要有十八个派别，都有自己的特色。比如有的擅长拳法，有的则擅长腿功。不过它们的共同点是动作潇洒，并且完美地结合了禅宗和功夫。
zhè shì shuō shàolín gōngfu zhǔyào yǒu shí bā ge pàibié ，dōu yǒu zìjǐ de tèsè 。bǐrú yǒude shàncháng quánfǎ ，yǒude zé shàncháng tuǐ gōng 。bùguò tāmen de gòngtóngdiǎn shì dòngzuò xiāosǎ ，bìngqiě wánměi de jiéhé le chán zōng hé gōngfu 。
That is saying that Shaolin Kung Fu has eighteen principal schools, all with their own characteristics. For example, some excel at the art of boxing, others are better at footwork. Still, their common ground is that movements are unrestrained and elegant, and perfectly unite Chan Buddhism with kung fu.
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