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  *篇* | 篇* | *篇
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article
HSK 2
length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page
HSK 7-9
start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词
chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
lengthy (report or speech)
sequel / continuation (of a story)
table of contents
a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
famous piece of writing
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
a bunch of nonsense / verbose and rambling
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom) / verbose
to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story
poem
discourse / text
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王 in 6th century AD
novel
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光 et al in 11th century
short story
Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆, attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 but probably dating from c. 500 BC
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
novella
abbr. for Yupian 玉篇 and Guangyun 廣韻|广韵
final installment / last phase / end
flash fiction
lit. an ocean of writing / an impressive literary work (idiom)
long-winded empty talk
to turn a page / (fig.) to turn over a new leaf
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established


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