a long and minute statement

a long and minute statement

Long speech, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch á ngpi à nd à L à n, which means endless speech; it mostly refers to long speech or article with complicated content and repeated words and sentences. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 78 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "where is the original manuscript? I'd like to take a close look at it and make a long speech. I don't know what it's about. "

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] empty, redundant sentences and [antonym] short, concise and to the point

Idiom usage

Combined; used as object and adverbial; with derogatory meaning, refers to empty, repetitive and tedious speech. example the story of the elder sister, a lady minister, described in the poem, is a long story, but it seems to be a little photo for him. The eighty ninth chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty