全片 (quán piān) — the entire film, the whole movie (referring to the complete work or its full content)

Definition

全片 refers to the film as a whole — the complete work viewed in its entirety, from opening to end. It modifies the movie itself (全片的节奏, 全片只有九十分钟), not a partial segment or single scene.

noun
the entire filmthe whole movie (referring to the complete work or its full content)
Measure word · 部
Easily confused

Examples

  • 全片，。
    quán piān De jié zòu fēi cháng jǐn còu, méi yǒu duō yú de jìng tóu.
    The pacing of the entire film is very tight, with no unnecessary shots.
  • 全片。
    Dǎo yǎn zài quán piān zhōng shǐ yòng le dà liàng de tè xiào.
    The director used a lot of special effects throughout the whole film.
  • 全片，。
    quán piān Zhǐ yǒu jiǔ shí fēn zhōng, dàn gù shi fēi cháng gǎn rén.
    The entire film is only ninety minutes long, but the story is very touching.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quánwhole
片piànfilm

The idea of '全' as whole combines with '片' as film to mean the entire film.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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