长篇小说
cháng piān xiǎo shuō
Pinyin

Definition

长篇小说
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cháng piān xiǎo shuō
  1. novel

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 CL:點|点[diǎn]
xiǎo huǒ
  1. 1 young guy
  2. 2 lad
  3. 3 youngster
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo huǒ zi
  1. 1 young man
  2. 2 young guy
  3. 3 lad
  4. 4 youngster
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo biàn
  1. 1 to urinate
  2. 2 to pass water
  3. 3 urine
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
xiǎo qū
  1. 1 neighborhood
  2. 2 district
xiǎo chī
  1. 1 snack
  2. 2 refreshments
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
xiǎo pǐn
  1. 1 short, simple literary or artistic creation
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 skit
xiǎo xíng
  1. 1 small scale
  2. 2 small size
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
xiǎo yí
  1. 1 (coll.) wife's younger sister
  2. 2 sister-in-law
xiǎo zǐ
  1. 1 (literary) youngster
  2. 2 (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)
  3. 3 (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
xiǎo hái
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo hái r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 小孩[xiǎo hái]
xiǎo hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
大事化小,小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
大处着眼,小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
  1. 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
  1. 1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
  2. 2 absence makes the heart grow fonder
小学而大遗
xiǎo xué ér dà yí
  1. 1 to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)
小山包包
xiǎo shān bāo bao
  1. 1 a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom)
小巫见大巫
xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū
  1. 1 lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
小心翼翼
xiǎo xīn yì yì
  1. 1 cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully
  2. 2 prudent
  3. 3 gently and cautiously

Sample Sentences

对啊,我记得当时莫言获奖的作品是一部叫《蛙》的长篇小说,这部小说一夜之间就成了最畅销的书籍,但谁又能说它比莫言其他的作品更优秀呢?
duìa ,wǒ jìde dāngshí Mòyán huòjiǎng de zuòpǐn shì yī bù jiào 《Wā 》de chángpiān xiǎoshuō ,zhè bù xiǎoshuō yīyèzhījiān jiù chéng le zuì chàngxiāo de shūjí ,dàn shéi yòu néng shuō tā bǐ Mòyán qítā de zuòpǐn gèng yōuxiù ne ?
Yes, I remember at the time that the work that Mo Yan won the prize for was a full-length novel called Frog and it became a bestseller overnight, but who is to say it's better than any of his other works?
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