Keyword
sheet
- chapter
- section
- article
- essay
- Frequency
- #1370
- Strokes
- 15
Readings
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Mnemonic
A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
篇
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
长篇
lengthy (report or speech)
篇幅
length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
短篇小说
short story
篇章
chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
长篇小说
novel; full-length novel
诗篇
a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms
开篇
start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 弹词 (táncí)
千篇一律
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all
中篇小说
novella
续篇
sequel; continuation (of a story)
名篇
famous piece of writing
篇目
table of contents
语篇
discourse; text
连篇累牍
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose
老三篇
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
篇什
poem
废话连篇
a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
鬼话连篇
to tell one lie after another (idiom); to talk nonsense; bogus story
空话连篇
long-winded empty talk
长篇累牍
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)