篇幅 (piān fú) — length (of a piece of writing); space (on a printed page)

Definition

Examples

• 这篇论文的篇幅很长，内容很详细。
  Zhè piān lùn wén de piān fú hěn cháng, nèi róng hěn xiáng xì.
  This thesis is long and very detailed.
• 由于篇幅有限，我只能简单介绍。
  Yóu yú piān fú yǒu xiàn, wǒ zhǐ néng jiǎn dān jiè shào.
  Due to limited space, I can only give a brief introduction.
• 编辑要求把篇幅压缩到三千字以内。
  Biān jí yāo qiú bǎ piān fú yā suō dào sān qiān zì yǐ nèi.
  The editor required that the length be compressed to within three thousand characters.

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