biǎn

褊

Character · Adjective

narrow; petty; cramped

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples

adjective

literary

Primarily used in written language to describe physical narrowness or limited scope.

Zhè这

jiān间

wū屋

zi子

hěn很

biǎn褊

xiá狭

。

This room is very cramped.

Biǎn褊

xiǎo小

zhī之

dì地

，

bù不

zú足

yǐ以

róng容

zhòng众

。

A cramped, small place is not enough to accommodate a crowd.

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Tā他

de的

shì视

yě野

wèi未

miǎn免

tài太

biǎn褊

zhǎi窄

le了

。

His perspective is unfortunately too narrow.