节选 (jié xuǎn) — to excerpt, to select extracts (from a longer work)

Definição

Exemplos

• 我们从那本小说中节选了最重要的几页。
  Wǒ men cóng nà běn xiǎo shuō zhōng jié xuǎn le zuì zhòng yào de jǐ yè.
  We excerpted the most important pages from that novel.
• 他节选了一篇文章的精彩部分。
  Tā jié xuǎn le yì piān wén zhāng de jīng cǎi bù fen.
  He excerpted the brilliant parts of an article.
• 这本书节选了作者的五篇短文。
  Zhè běn shū jié xuǎn le zuò zhě de wǔ piān duǎn wén.
  This book excerpts five short essays by the author.