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- paragraph
- section
- segment
- stage (of a process)
- classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
Trad. 橋段
- (cinema, literature etc) scene
- trope
- plot device
- (songwriting) bridge
Trad. 時段
- time interval
- work shift
- time slot
- the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
Trad. 後段
- final part
- rear
- back end
- final segment
- the following section
- last paragraph
Trad. 八段錦
- eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
Trad. 階段性
- specific to a particular stage (of a project etc)
- interim (policy etc)
- occurring in stages
- phased
- sb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or punchlines; a wit; a humorist
- Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4 Zhu4]
- Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
Trad. 碎屍萬段
- (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat)
- to get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
Trad. 不擇手段
- by fair means or foul
- by hook or by crook
- unscrupulously
Trad. 高壓手段
- high-handed (measures)
- with a heavy hand