Great Dictionary of Chinese Brief Edition (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Committee of this book
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Publishing Date: 1998-12-01
Features: The Concise Edition of the Great Chinese Dictionary began compilation in 1990 and took 9 years to complete. It adopts standardized Chinese characters for indexing and printing, making it the first large-scale Chinese language and literature reference book in China to strictly use standardized characters. The concise edition fully absorbs the essence of the Great Chinese Dictionary, corrects some errors in the original book, and incorporates the latest achievements in linguistics, writing, and related disciplines. It serves as a compact revision and premium edition of the Great Chinese Dictionary. The entire book contains over 200,000 entries, over 20,000 single-character definitions, and a total of 15 million words, divided into two volumes. The full Great Chinese Dictionary comprises thirteen volumes, including over 375,000 ancient and modern characters and words, with over 22,000 single-character entries and over 355,000 compound words, idioms, allusions, and colloquialisms, along with over 2,500 illustrations, totaling 50 million words. The book covers both ancient and modern Chinese, emphasizes origins and developments, provides comprehensive explanations, and offers extensive references, making it a large-scale reference book that reflects the historical panorama of the Chinese language. As such, upon its release, it immediately garnered enthusiastic acclaim both in China and internationally, earning widespread recognition from the academic and intellectual communities. Comrade Jiang Zemin highly praised it, stating: "The Great Chinese Dictionary is a highly influential book, both domestically and internationally, and its publication and distribution hold great significance."