🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

派别

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pàibié

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
faction/ˈfækʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"党内不同的派别正在争夺领导权。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

    "A bitter power struggle broke out between rival factions within the party."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English (in the sense 'action, performance'): from Latin factio(n-), from facere 'to do'. The current sense ('dissension') dates from the late 16th century.

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