- Pocket English-Chinese New Dictionary

Author: Zhang Xinyei
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Publication Date: 1982-04-01
Features: "The Pocket English-Chinese New Dictionary" is a compact, extensive-volume dictionary with rich definitions, designed for easy portability. It is primarily intended for readers to look up word meanings while reading modern English books and periodicals. The book contains approximately 30,000 entries, including derivative words and phrases listed within the entries, totaling about 45,000 words (including basic vocabulary, general vocabulary, specialized vocabulary, and loanwords). During compilation, it incorporated newly published English-Chinese dictionaries, English and American English dictionaries, and various technical dictionaries from both domestic and international sources, paying attention to selecting new words and meanings that have emerged in recent years across various fields, especially in the field of science and technology. Proper names, place names, dialect words, obsolete words, archaic words, obscure words, and rare words are generally not included.