Examples

这一段跟上一段不太接气。

This paragraph doesn't quite hang together with the preceding one.

作者在这里安插了一段倒叙。

At this point the writer puts in a flashback.

这一段插话使她的报告生动多了。

This digression added to the liveliness of her talk.

一段铁路

a section of railway

一段衣料

a length of dress material

一段时间

a period of time

另起一段

start a new paragraph

这是钢琴五重奏《鳟鱼》里我最喜欢的一段。

That is my favourite passage from the piano quintet, the Trout.

虽然没有人教他，他摸索了一段时间，竟自学会了。

Though nobody taught him, he learnt it all by himself through trial and error.

我到钢厂劳动了一段时间，对炼钢摸着点门儿了。

After working in the steel mill for a while I got an inkling of how steel is made.

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