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章回小说

zhāng huí xiǎo shuō

4-character word Traditional 章回小說

What 章回小说 means

1. novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

The characters in 章回小说

• 章zhāngchapter; section; clause
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off