段落 (duàn luò) — paragraph; passage (of text); phase; stage (of time or process)
Definition
段落 means a 'paragraph' of text or a 'stage' of a process — it pairs with 阶段/时期 for phases and 段 for stretches. Use 段 alone as a classifier; use 段落 for the unit itself.
noun
paragraphpassage (of text)phasestage (of time or process)
Measure word · 段
Examples
- 段落。Zhè piān wén zhāng de měi gè duàn luò dōu xiě dé hěn qīng chǔ.Every paragraph of this article is written very clearly.
- 段落。Tā men de rén shēng jìn rù le yí gè xīn de duàn luò.Their lives have entered a new phase.
- 段落。Qǐng bǎ zhè duàn wén zì fēn chéng sān gè duàn luò.Please divide this passage of text into three paragraphs.
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