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Definition
biàn:* 顺利，没有困难或阻碍。 ～当。～利。～道。～民。 * 简单的，礼节上非正式的。 ～宴。～衣。～函（形式比较简便的信件）。简～。随～。～宜（适当地，看事实需要而自行处理事情）。 * 便利的时候。 ～中请来信。 * 就。 说了～做。 * 排泄屎尿或排泄出来的屎尿。 大～。～秘。 pián:* 〔～～〕肚子肥大的样子，如"大腹～～"。 * 〔～宜〕物价较低。 这些东西都很～宜。占～宜（小利，私利。） * 〔～嬖〕封建统治者所亲近宠爱的人。 * 〔～佞〕善于用花言巧语讨好的人
convenience, ease; expedient
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->