The word 偏爱 (piān'ài) is a compound word formed through the logical combination of two meaningful characters: 偏 (piān), which means "inclined," "partial," or "biased," and 爱 (ài), which means "love" or "affection." Together, they create a verb meaning "to favor" or "to have a partiality for," where 偏 modifies the nature of the 爱, specifying it as a love that is not equal or impartial but is inclined preferentially toward a specific person or thing. This structure follows a common pattern in Chinese where an adverb-like element (偏) modifies a verb (爱) to create a more precise concept, illustrating the analytical and combinatorial nature of the language's vocabulary formation.