片言只字片纸只字；片言只语piàn yán zhī zìdisconnected phrases; fragmentary sayings;fragments of writing; just (/only) a few words; just a short note; words and phrases taken (/torn/quoted)out of context
❍ 举一点例罢，自从我万不得已，选登了一篇极平和的纠正刘半农先生的 “林则徐被俘”之误的来信以后，他就不再有片纸只字……(《鲁迅选集》Ⅲ—71) To take one example,after I was forced to publish a letter containing a very mild correction of some slips made by Mr Liu Bannong in his “Capture of Lin Zexu，” he never wrote another word for us.
❍ 可惜的是，那样珍贵的东西，现在连～也没有保存下来，真是千古遗憾！ (杨植霖《王若飞在狱中》59) The great pity of it is that not a single word or sentence of these valuable writings has been preserved. 片言只字piàn yán zhī zì片言：简短的几句话；只字：单个的字、词。只有几句话，很少的几个字。形容说话很少，也指零碎不全的文字材料。just a few words or a short note, disconnected phrases, just a short note |