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piece, slice
胶片 photographic film; 一部片 a film; 动画片 animated movie
片叶子 a leaf; 名片 business card (lit. name slice)
Opposite of “丬[qiáng],” this symbolizes the right side of a log, meaning a thin piece. Also used as a unit to count thin or flat items. |
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opposite, against
to reverse/oppose
counter-, anti-
it is hard to climb a cliff (厂) with hands only and again (又) to go down in opposite direction |
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a printing plate;
a version, edition
版本 version/edition; 排版 typesetting; 版权 copyright (lit. plate rights)
正版 official/licensed version;
A thin slab (片) carved in reverse (反) becomes a printing plate (版) with a correct version of a text |
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low, humble, inferior, base
卑微 humble, insignificant; 卑劣 mean and vile;
卑职 my humble post (formal); 卑职 your lowly servant (old formal)
compared to 甲 inside 卑 we have an inferior (distorted) version, which demands to be humble |
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signboard, tablet, plate, card
门牌 doorplate (house number sign); 招牌 shop sign; 品牌 brand
名牌 name tag / famous brand; 扑克牌 playing cards
a small wooden (片) sign given to everyone including commoners of inferior (卑) status as an identification tablet |
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beer
黑啤 dark beer; 冰啤 cold beer;
a mouth (口) is humbly (卑) begging for a beer |
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