偏鋒

1. • technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正锋 zhèngfēng and 侧锋 cèfēng)

     calligraphy

2. • unorthodox or improper way of doing things

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Character by character

• 偏(piān)lean
• 鋒(fēng)point of a spear