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Helping you learn Chinese for free is our aim. This idiom and proverb series offers phrases with great depth and versatility. Let’s look at 「連編累牘」 and how to use it.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「連編累牘」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Du: A piece of wood used for writing in ancient times. Used to describe a piece of writing that is too long and has too much text.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lián biān lèi dú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lin4 pin1 leui6 duk6

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