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- to lean
- to slant
- oblique
- prejudiced
- to deviate from average
- to stray from the intended line
- stubbornly
- contrary to expectations
- (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
Trad. 偏勞
- undue trouble
- Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
- partial towards sth
- to prefer
- to incline
- erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
Trad. 偏執
- extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion
- (psychology) paranoid
- content to hold a small part of the territory
- fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground
- forced to move away
Trad. 偏廢
- to give unequal emphasis to
- doing some things at the expense of others
- to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others)
- overdoing it
- to go overboard
- inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
Trad. 偏鋒
- (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4 feng1])
- (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
Trad. 偏題
- to go off-topic; to stray from the topic
- obscure question; trick exam question; catch question (CL:道[dao4])
- partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy)
- having likes and dislikes
- partial eclipse
Trad. 偏三輪
- old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat
Trad. 走偏鋒
- to write with the tip of the brush tilted
- (fig.) to resort to devious means
Trad. 偏轉角
- angle of drift (navigation)
- deflection (from course)
- angle of divergence
Trad. 偏關縣
- Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
Trad. 補偏救弊
- to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
Trad. 劍走偏鋒
- the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
- fig. unexpected winning move
- unconventional gambit
Trad. 偏利共棲
- (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
- (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
Trad. 偏聽偏信
- selective listening
- to hear what one wants to hear
- (lit.) to take a part for the whole
- to generalize
- partial differential equation (PDE)
Trad. 傲慢與偏見
- Pride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen 珍·奧斯汀|珍·奥斯汀[Zhen1 · Ao4 si1 ting1]
Trad. 偏三輪摩托車
- motorbike with sidecar
Trad. 偏正式合成詞
- modified compound word
Trad. 屋漏偏逢連夜雨
- when it rains, it pours (idiom)
Trad. 兼聽則明，偏信則暗
- listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)