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偏离

piān lí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 偏離

偏离 (piān lí) means "to deviate; to diverge; to wander". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 偏离 means

1. to deviate
2. to diverge
3. to wander

The characters in 偏离

• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from

Example sentences

• 船体受损，偏离航线。
  The ship was damaged and veered off course.
• 现代人已经偏离上帝和自然了。
  Xiàndàirén yǐjīng piānlí Shàngdì hé zìrán le.
  Modern man has moved far away from God and from nature.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read piān lí correctly.
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