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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

偏袒 [piāntǎn]
  1. 1. verb side with
    爸爸总是偏袒弟弟。
    Dad always sides with my younger brother.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

偏袒 [piāntǎn]
  1. 1. be partial to and side with; give unprincipled protection to
  2. 2. adjective partial

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

偏袒 [piāntǎn]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 袒露一臂。汉刘邦死后，吕后专权，老臣周勃动员军士推翻吕氏，说：拥护吕氏的就脱掉袖子露出右臂，拥护刘氏的就露出左臂。战士都露出左臂。
  2. 2. 动 偏向、袒护一方。
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Examples

偏袒
be partial to and side with; give unprincipled protection to
偏袒。
biased in favour of
偏袒
to take sides
偏袒
Justice is the quality of being just and fair to everyone.
公正是公平对待每一个人，不偏袒任何人的品质。
The news this week shows a clear tilt of the media to the Right.
这周的新闻表明了媒体对于右派有明显的偏袒。
The authors used weight in their research to avoid bias.
著作者们在他们的研究中运用权重来避免偏袒。
They are also fogged by the dumb idea that we are just doing someone else a favor.
他们还受到一条愚蠢的想法的困扰：他们认为我们偏袒其他人。

Collocations

有所偏袒
partial to
偏袒对方
to side with the other party
一味偏袒
persistently partial to
有意偏袒
to have intentions to side with

Word Decomposition

偏
[piān] 		+ 袒
[tǎn]

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