版本 bǎn běn version / edition / release syn 本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition syn 简洁 簡潔 jiǎn jié concise / succinct / pithy syn 简要 簡要 jiǎn yào concise / brief syn 简约 簡約 jiǎn yuē sketchy / concise / abbreviated syn 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 特刊 tè kān special edition (of magazine) syn 新版 xīn bǎn new edition / new version 言简意赅 言簡意賅 yán jiǎn yì gāi concise and comprehensive (idiom) syn 改版 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition / revised edition 再版 zài bǎn second edition / reprint syn 简述 簡述 jiǎn shù to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly 简明 簡明 jiǎn míng simple and clear / concise syn 扼要 è yào to the point / concise syn 电子版 電子版 diàn zǐ bǎn electronic edition / digital version 单行 單行 dān xíng to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic 简章 簡章 jiǎn zhāng concise list of rules / brochure / pamphlet 精粹 jīng cuì succinct / pure and concise syn 单行本 單行本 dān xíng běn single volume edition / offprint 修订版 修訂版 xiū dìng bǎn revised edition / revised version 红楼梦 紅樓夢 hóng lóu mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels 版次 bǎn cì edition (of a book etc) / edition number 全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera) 海外版 hǎi wài bǎn foreign edition (of a newspaper) 合订本 合訂本 hé dìng běn bound volume / one-volume edition 修订本 修訂本 xiū dìng běn revised edition (of a book) 华商晨报 華商晨報 huá shāng chén bào China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报) 刻本 kè běn block printed edition 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 详略 詳略 xiáng lüè concise / the details in brief 约 約 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise syn 版 bǎn a register / block of printing / edition / version / page syn 缩印本 縮印本 suō yìn běn compact edition (of a dictionary etc) 椠 槧 qiàn wooden tablet / edition 短小精悍 duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn (of a person) short but plucky (idiom) / (of an article) concise and forceful syn 增订本 增訂本 zēng dìng běn revised and enlarged edition 词约指明 詞約指明 cí yuē zhǐ míng concise but unambiguous (idiom) 一字褒贬 一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn lit. dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / fig. concise and powerful style 未删节版 未刪節版 wèi shān jié bǎn unabridged edition / uncut edition 凝练 凝練 níng liàn concise / compact / condensed syn 中国小说史略 中國小說史略 zhōng guó xiǎo shuō shǐ lüè Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] 精讲多练 精講多練 jīng jiǎng duō liàn a teaching strategy combining a concise explanation of essential concepts with frequent practice 要言不烦 要言不煩 yào yán bù fán to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise syn 简要说明 簡要說明 jiǎn yào shuō míng concise notes 1970-1975年世界人口状况及其长期影响简要报告 1970-1975年世界人口狀況及其長期影響簡要報告 Concise Report on the World Population Situation in 1970-1975 and its Long-Range Implications 传本 傳本 chuán běn edition (of a book) currently in circulation 参校 參校 cān jiào to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text 更新版 gēng xīn bǎn new edition / new version / update 异文 異文 yì wén variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition 精校本 jīng jiào běn corrected edition 繁本 fán běn detailed edition / unexpurgated version 重编 重編 chóng biān (of a dictionary etc) revised edition 国际收支与国际投资头寸手册 國際收支與國際投資頭寸手冊 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition / Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual 全编 全編 quán biān complete edition 原作版 yuán zuò bǎn Urtext edition 原典版 yuán diǎn bǎn (Tw) Urtext edition 试用本 試用本 shì yòng běn inspection copy (of a textbook etc) / trial edition 洁本 潔本 jié běn expurgated edition 实洋 實洋 shí yáng (publishing industry) revenue generated from the sale of books in an edition 码洋 碼洋 mǎ yáng (publishing industry) total cover price of all books in an edition 