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段

duàn

1. measure word classifier: passages of text or speech

   她在日记里写了一段话。

   Tā zài rìjì lǐ xiě le yī duàn huà.

   She wrote a passage in her diary.

2. measure word classifier: stretches of road, time, feeling

   我们聊了一段往事。

   Wǒmen liáo le yī duàn wǎngshì.

   We chatted about a stretch of the past.

3. noun paragraph; stage (as in 段落, 阶段)

   文章的最后一个段落写得最好。

   Wénzhāng de zuìhòu yī ge duànluò xiě de zuì hǎo.

   The final paragraph of the essay is the best written.

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