连篇累牍

連篇累牘
liánpiān-lěidú
idiom #66,853

Meanings

  1. 1 page after page of writing
  2. 2 lengthy and long-winded
  3. 3 verbose

Examples

HSK 5
Bàozhǐ liánpiān-lěidú de bàodào zhè jiàn shì.
The papers ran page after page on this story.
HSK 5
Tā de lùnwén liánpiān-lěidú, què méi jǐ jù yǒuyòng de huà.
His thesis was long-winded but said little of value.

Tips

history
From 隋书·李谔传: 连篇累牍,不出月露之形 - criticizing writers who fill endless scrolls with empty flourishes about moon and dew. refers to the wooden strips used for writing before paper.

Stroke Order

lián
piān
lèi