Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "篇" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "篇" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
piān
Definition
sheet / piece of writing / (a measure word) / chapter / article
length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom) / verbose
writing / sections and chapters
长篇小说 cháng piān xiǎo shuō
novel
a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
lengthy (report or speech)
中篇小说 zhōng piān xiǎo shuō
novella
start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
harangue / tirade / preachment / floods of ink
a masterpiece / a masterwork