piān
sheet
piece of writing
bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
classifier for written items: chapter, article
piàn
thin piece
flake
a slice
film
TV play
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
piān
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
piàn
to cheat
to swindle
to deceive
to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
piān
Polygonum aviculare (knot weed)
mù piān
wood chip
CL:塊|块[kuài],片[piàn]
piān
expression of contempt equivalent to 呸[pei1]
pián
(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side
to be side by side
to be fused together
parallel (literary style)
lǎo sān piān
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
piàn
old variant of 騙|骗[pian4]
to get on a horse by swinging one leg over
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