500,000 entries for expanded Chinese dictionary: media
- Published: 11 Dec 2012 at 11.46
- Online news: Asia
China's "most inclusive" dictionary is set to expand by a third to nearly half a million entries across 25 volumes, state media reported on Tuesday.
File photo shows an ancient wall engraved with Chinese characters in Chengdu, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan. China's "most inclusive" dictionary is set to expand by a third to nearly half a million entries across 25 volumes, state media reported on Tuesday.
It will take seven years to fully revise the Hanyu Da Cidian, first published in 1986, for its second edition, the state news agency Xinhua said, with the first volume due to be released in 2015.
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