偏爱
piān ài
Pinyin

Definition

偏爱
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piān ài
  1. to be partial towards sth
  2. to favor
  3. to prefer
  4. preference
  5. favorite

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偏
piān
  1. 1 to lean
  2. 2 to slant
  3. 3 oblique
  4. 4 prejudiced
  5. 5 to deviate from average
  6. 6 to stray from the intended line
  7. 7 stubbornly
  8. 8 contrary to expectations
  9. 9 left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical
偏偏
piān piān
  1. 1 (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately
  2. 2 as it happened
  3. 3 (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly
  4. 4 contrarily
  5. 5 against reason
  6. 6 (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely
  7. 7 only
  8. 8 of all people
偏僻
piān pì
  1. 1 remote
  2. 2 desolate
  3. 3 far from the city
偏向
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
偏执
piān zhí
  1. 1 prejudice
  2. 2 bigotry
偏执狂
piān zhí kuáng
  1. 1 paranoia
偏好
piān hào
  1. 1 to prefer
  2. 2 to be partial to sth
  3. 3 preference
偏差
piān chā
  1. 1 bias
  2. 2 deviation
偏心
piān xīn
  1. 1 partial
  2. 2 biased
  3. 3 prejudiced
  4. 4 eccentric
偏爱
piān ài
  1. 1 to be partial towards sth
  2. 2 to favor
  3. 3 to prefer
  4. 4 preference
  5. 5 favorite
偏方
piān fāng
  1. 1 folk remedy
  2. 2 home remedy
偏激
piān jī
  1. 1 extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)
偏瘫
piān tān
  1. 1 paralysis of one side of the body
  2. 2 hemiplegia
偏袒
piān tǎn
  1. 1 to bare one shoulder
  2. 2 (fig.) to side with
  3. 3 to discriminate in favor of
偏见
piān jiàn
  1. 1 prejudice
偏远
piān yuǎn
  1. 1 remote
  2. 2 far from civilization
偏重
piān zhòng
  1. 1 to stress in a prejudiced way
  2. 2 to emphasize sth unduly
偏离
piān lí
  1. 1 to deviate
  2. 2 to diverge
  3. 3 to wander
偏头痛
piān tóu tòng
  1. 1 migraine
偏食
piān shí
  1. 1 partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy)
  2. 2 having likes and dislikes
  3. 3 partial eclipse

Idioms (5)

偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
剑走偏锋
jiàn zǒu piān fēng
  1. 1 the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unexpected winning move
  3. 3 unconventional gambit
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
  1. 1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

Sample Sentences

这样也有道理。正好我老婆买了好多这种类型的东西，都可以用上了。对了，可以配中式的古董家具吗？我比较偏爱中式一些的。
zhèyàng yě yǒu dàolǐ 。zhènghǎo wǒ lǎopo mǎi le hǎo duō zhè zhǒng lèixíng de dōngxi ，dōu kěyǐ yòng shàng le 。duìle ，kěyǐ pèi zhōngshì de gǔdǒngjiājù ma ？wǒ bǐjiào piānài zhōngshì yīxiē de 。
That also makes sense. It just so happens that my wife bought a bunch of those kinds of things, so we can use them all. Oh, right, can we put in some Chinese-style antique furniture? I have a bit of a weakness for Chinese-style things.
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