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Mandarin · pinyin cháng piān lěi dú

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
篇: piān · chapter, section, essay, article
累: lèi · tired; implicate, involve; bother
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长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
牍: dú · writing tablet; documents, books

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2–1–3–2 · chang2 pian1 lei3 du2

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