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长篇累牍

cháng piān lěi dúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
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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-c0d386b4b1836cca. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

長篇累牘 长篇累牍 [chang2 pian1 lei3 du2] /(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 長篇累牘

  • 长
    cháng

    long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point / forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus / spare (Taiwan pr. [zhàng])

    zhǎng

    chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

  • 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.