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Mythic Mandarin

偏偏 (piān piān): meaning and stroke order

偏偏 (piān piān) means (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately;….

偏偏

Simplified
偏偏
Traditional
偏偏 (same form)
Pinyin
piān piān

Stroke order of 偏偏

偏

  • piān to lean; to slant
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

偏

  • piān to lean; to slant
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 偏偏

  1. piān piān
    • (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened
    • (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason
    • (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people

Radicals of the characters

偏
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 11 strokes · 亻 on the left, 扁 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

偏偏 in our stories

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  • 十九年后，重耳真的回国做了国君，就是后来的晋文公。他大赏功臣，却偏偏忘了介子推。

    shíjiǔ nián hòu Chóng'ěr zhēnde huí guó zuò le guójūn jiùshì hòulái de Jìn Wéngōng tā dà shǎng gōngchén què piānpiān wàng le Jiè Zǐtuī

    Nineteen years later Chong'er did return and became ruler, known afterwards as Duke Wen of Jin. He richly rewarded those who had served him, yet of all people he forgot Jie Zitui.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 偏偏

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).