complete opera; unabridged edition
Meanings
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complete; full-length (of traditional opera)
Refers to traditional Chinese opera performances that present the complete storyline from beginning to end, as opposed to selected excerpts (折子戏). Often used with the suffix -儿 (全本儿).
This is the full-length 'Peony Pavilion,' which takes a full three hours to perform.
They only performed selected scenes, not the complete opera.
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The full-length 'Journey to the West' is too long to finish performing today.
noun
complete edition; unabridged edition
Used in bibliography and publishing to refer to books published without abridgment, as opposed to abridged editions.
I had great difficulty finding the complete edition of this novel.
This unabridged 'Dream of the Red Chamber' contains all eighty chapters.
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Compared to abridged editions, scholars prefer to study the complete editions of ancient texts.