片段

piàn duàn · pian duan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. fragment (of speech etc)
  2. extract (from book etc)
  3. episode (of story etc)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)看(kàn)到(dào)了(le)电(diàn)影(yǐng)的(de)一(yí)个(gè)片(piàn)段(duàn)。

I only saw a fragment of the movie.

02

这(zhè)段(duàn)对(duì)话(huà)的(de)片(piàn)段(duàn)被(bèi)记(jì)者(zhě)引(yǐn)用(yòng)了(le)。

This fragment of the dialogue was quoted by the reporter.

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