a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms

chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)

famous piece of writing

start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]

final installment; last phase; end

Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD

poem

length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page

table of contents

abbr. for Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1] and Guangyun 廣韻|广韵[Guang3 yun4]

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

sequel; continuation (of a story)

discourse; text

lengthy (report or speech)

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

to turn a page; (fig.) to turn over a new leaf

Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established

novella

thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all

a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling

short story

long-winded empty talk

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

novel; full-length novel

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

to tell one lie after another (idiom); to talk nonsense; bogus story

flash fiction