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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
片刻 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
片刻 ＝ 片 ＋ 刻
ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ · piànkè
noun — a moment; a short while; an instant

字源 FORM — what the parts do

片a thin slice; a sliver (一片)piàn
刻a quarter-hour; a short time (時刻)kè
片刻，一片的片，時刻的刻。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

時間切下薄薄的一片（片），就那麼一小段時刻（刻）。
Time sliced thin (片) — just one small stretch of a moment (刻).
關 · Related
時刻shíkèa point in time — the same 刻瞬間shùnjiānan instant — a near-synonym