偏正词组 meaning in English

[语言学] word group consisting of a modifier and the word it modifies

In the pre - qin days and the two han dynasties , " guoran " was still an infrequently - used phrase ; in the southern and northern dynasties , it took on the use of an adverb ; in the tang and song dynasties , it had acquired another use as a conjunction
先秦两汉时，它还只是一个使用频率很低的偏正词组，魏晋南北朝萌生了作副词的用法，唐宋时期得到进一步的发展，并又引申出了作连词的用法。