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连篇累牍

lián piān lěi dúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom) / verbose
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-ad351c4a66a76e26. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

連篇累牘 连篇累牍 [lian2 pian1 lei3 du2] /(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)/verbose/

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Other forms in these source records: 連篇累牘

  • 连
    lián

    to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even / company (military)

    Lián

    surname Lian

  • 篇
    piān

    sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article

  • 累
    léi

    used in 累累[léi léi] / used in 累贅|累赘[léi zhui] and 累墜|累坠[léi zhui] / used in 纍纍|累累[léi léi]

    lěi

    to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]) / continuous / repeated

    lèi

    tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard

  • 牍
    dú

    documents

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.