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偏向

piān xiàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

偏向 (piān xiàng) means "partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 偏向 means

1. partial towards sth
2. to prefer
3. to incline
4. erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)

The characters in 偏向

• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards

Example sentences

• 我偏向和平主义。
  I am a fan of pacifism.
• 我更偏向于这个版本。
  I prefer this version.
• 英文中没有阴阳性并不是因为英国人的文化偏向平等。
  Yīngwén zhōng méiyǒu yīnyáng xìng bìngbù shì yīnwèi Yīngguórén de wénhuà piānxiàng píngděng.
  The lack of gender in English is not due to the English having a more egalitarian culture.

Words containing 偏向

• 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xínglit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)…

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