连篇累牍 — Chinese idiom
连篇累牍
lián piān lěi dú
Traditional: 連篇累牘
Meaning
- (of a piece of writing) long and tedious
- verbose
Character by character
- 连liánto join, to connect; continuous; even
- 篇piānchapter, section; article, essay
- 累lěitired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
- 牍dúwriting tablet; documents, books
Idioms sharing a character
- 叫苦连天 jiào kǔ lián tiān
- 喜结连理 xǐ jié lián lǐ
- 妙语连珠 miào yǔ lián zhū
- 拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú
- 接二连三 jiē èr lián sān
- 接连不断 jiē lián bù duàn
- 炮火连天 pào huǒ lián tiān
- 藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián
- 血肉相连 xuè ròu xiāng lián
- 连三并四 lián sān bìng sì
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