magnum opus; monumental work
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magnum opus; monumental work; massive book or creation
formalUsed to describe exceptionally large, ambitious, and often foundational works in literature, art, or scholarship. Can also be written as '鸿篇巨制' (hóng piān jù zhì).
《
Hóng红
lóu楼
mèng梦
》
shì是
zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
diǎn典
wén文
xué学
de的
hóng宏
piān篇
jù巨
zhì制
。
'Dream of the Red Chamber' is a monumental work of classical Chinese literature.
Zhè这
wèi位
zuò作
jiā家
huā花
fèi费
le了
bì毕
shēng生
xīn心
xuè血
，
zhōng终
yú于
wán完
chéng成
le了
zhè这
bù部
hóng宏
piān篇
jù巨
zhì制
。
The writer spent a lifetime of effort to finally complete this magnum opus.
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Zhè这
bù部
bǎi百
kē科
quán全
shū书
kān堪
chēng称
xiàn现
dài代
xué学
shù术
de的
hóng宏
piān篇
jù巨
zhì制
。
This encyclopedia can be called a monumental work of modern scholarship.