篇

语篇

yǔ piān

discourse

连篇累牍

lián piān lěi dú

(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)

长篇

cháng piān

lengthy (report or speech)

长篇小说

cháng piān xiǎo shuō

novel

长篇累牍

cháng piān lěi dú

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

开篇

kāi piān

start of literary work

类篇

lèi piān

Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] et al in 11th century

鬼话连篇

guǐ huà lián piān

to tell one lie after another (idiom)

中篇小说

zhōng piān xiǎo shuō

novella

千篇一律

qiān piān yī lǜ

thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive

史籀篇

shǐ zhòu piān

Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[da4 zhuan4], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[Zhou1 Xuan1 wang2] but probably dating from c. 500 BC

名篇

míng piān

famous piece of writing