一段段 (yī duàn duàn) — (reduplicated classifier) segments one after another; every segment; in successive sections

Definition

A reduplicated form of the classifier 段: repeated segments or stretches (of a story, road, etc.) happening one after another. Used as a modifier to convey 'section after section'.

numeral
(reduplicated classifier) segments one after anotherevery segmentin successive sections

Examples

  • 一段段。
    Tā yī duàn duàn dì jiǎng shù le zì jǐ de yì shēng.
    He narrated his life in successive segments.
  • 一段段。
    Zhè běn xiǎo shuō yóu yī duàn duàn gǎn rén fèi fǔ de gù shi zǔ chéng.
    This novel is made up of one moving story after another.
  • 一段段。
    Lǎo chéng qū de dào lù yī duàn duàn kēng wā bù píng.
    The roads in the old town are bumpy in sections one after another.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
殳殳shū
Sound part声符shēngfú
厂
厂chǎng段duàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

段's shape shows 殳 as a hammer breaking a stone, with fragments flying off.

Open 段 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
殳殳shū
Sound part声符shēngfú
厂
厂chǎng段duàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

段's shape shows 殳 as a hammer breaking a stone, with fragments flying off.

Open 段 →

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