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

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

Tips

history
From 《·》: 连篇累牍 — 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

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