片片

piànpiàn
noun #29,253

Meanings

  1. 1 piece by piece; flake by flake
  2. 2 bits and pieces; fragments

Examples

Qiūtiān shùyè piànpiàn piāoluò, jǐngsè rú huà.
In autumn, leaves fall flake by flake, the scenery like a painting.
Xuěhuā piànpiàn, qiāoqiāo fùgài le zhěnggè chéngshì.
Snowflakes, piece by piece, quietly blanketed the entire city.

Tips

grammar
片片 is a reduplicated form of the measure word (piàn), used to describe something thin and flat occurring in multiple pieces — leaves, snowflakes, petals. It often appears in literary or poetic contexts.

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