连篇累牍
lián piān lěi dú
Pinyin

Definition

连篇累牍
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lián piān lěi dú
  1. (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
  2. verbose

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

篇
piān
  1. 1 sheet
  2. 2 piece of writing
  3. 3 bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
  4. 4 classifier for written items: chapter, article
累
lěi
  1. 1 to accumulate
  2. 2 to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi])
  3. 3 continuous
  4. 4 repeated
劳累
láo lèi
  1. 1 tired
  2. 2 exhausted
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 to toil
积累
jī lěi
  1. 1 to accumulate
  2. 2 accumulation
  3. 3 cumulative
  4. 4 cumulatively
累积
lěi jī
  1. 1 to accumulate
累累
léi léi
  1. 1 (literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of
  2. 2 piles of
  3. 3 heaps of
  4. 4 gaunt
  5. 5 haggard
  6. 6 wretched
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [lěi lěi]
累计
lěi jì
  1. 1 to accumulate
  2. 2 cumulative
伤痕累累
shāng hén lěi lěi
  1. 1 bruised
  2. 2 riddled with scars
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all
受累
shòu lěi
  1. 1 to get dragged into
  2. 2 to get involved (on sb else's account)
名篇
míng piān
  1. 1 famous piece of writing
帕累托
Pà lèi tuō
  1. 1 Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), Italian economist
德累斯顿
Dé lèi sī dùn
  1. 1 Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sà kè sēn zhōu], Germany
拖累
tuō lěi
  1. 1 to encumber
  2. 2 to be a burden on
  3. 3 to implicate
日积月累
rì jī yuè lěi
  1. 1 to accumulate over a long period of time
牵累
qiān lěi
  1. 1 to weigh down
  2. 2 to trouble
  3. 3 to implicate (sb)
  4. 4 tied down (by affairs)
疲累
pí lèi
  1. 1 tired
  2. 2 exhausted
硕果累累
shuò guǒ lěi lěi
  1. 1 heavily laden with fruit
  2. 2 fertile (of trees)
  3. 3 many noteworthy achievements
积累性
jī lěi xìng
  1. 1 cumulative
篇幅
piān fu
  1. 1 length (of a piece of writing)
  2. 2 space occupied on a printed page

Idioms (14)

事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state
家累千金，坐不垂堂
jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
成千累万
chéng qiān lěi wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
果实累累
guǒ shí léi léi
  1. 1 lit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom)
  2. 2 fruit hangs heavy on the bough
  3. 3 fig. countless accomplishments
  4. 4 one great result after another
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
  1. 1 lit. an ocean of writing
  2. 2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
积年累月
jī nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
  2. 2 (over) many years
积金累玉
jī jīn lěi yù
  1. 1 to accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous
连篇累牍
lián piān lěi dú
  1. 1 (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
  2. 2 verbose
长年累月
cháng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
  2. 2 (over) many years
长篇累牍
cháng piān lěi dú
  1. 1 (of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
鬼话连篇
guǐ huà lián piān
  1. 1 to tell one lie after another (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk nonsense
  3. 3 bogus story

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