"Chapters" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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篇章	piān zhāng	writing / sections and chapters
出	chū	variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
列子	Liè zǐ	Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國\|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉\|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
章回小说	zhāng huí xiǎo shuō	novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
齣	chū	variant of 出 / (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
九章算术	Jiǔ zhāng Suàn shù	The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
残卷	cán juàn	surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
民国通俗演义	Mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì	Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩\|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父\|许廑父
回数	huí shù	number of times (sth happens) / number of chapters in a classical novel / (math.) palindromic number