Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
情节
qíngjié
Description
看电影或看小说的时候，我们常常说这个词。
When watching movies or reading novels, we often use the word "情节".
它可以指故事里发生的事，也可以指事情的具体过程。
It can refer to events in a story or the specific course of things.
Meanings
情节qíngjié
plot; storyline of a story or film
这部电影的情节很有意思。
The plot of this movie is very interesting.
情节qíngjié
circumstances or details of an event
这个案子的情节很复杂。
The details of this case are very complicated.
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Notes
- Etymology
情 (situation/feeling) + 节 (section/segment), literally the 'segments of a situation'.
- Nuance
情节 is the plot; 故事 is the whole story. 情节 focuses on events and their sequence.
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