item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch

phase; time interval; paragraph; (written) passage

rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan

rank; level

a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people

method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile

stage; section; phase; period; CL:個|个[ge4]

fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)

by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day