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Chinese dictionary
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measure wordvolume; fascicle; in ancient China books were written on long silk or papers and rolled up for storage; hence books were counted by rolls (volumes)
我家有藏书三万卷。
My family has a collection of 30,000 volumes.
这本小说共五卷。
The novel is in five volumes.
编辑本卷花了多年时间。
Years have been spent in compiling this volume.
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n.book; scroll
卷帙
volume
画卷
picture scroll
开卷有益。
You cannot open a book without learning something.
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n.examination paper
答卷
examination paper
快要交卷了。
It is tome to hand in the examination paper.
问卷
questionaire
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n.file; dossier; documents kept in a government department
卷宗
archive
调卷
send for somebody's file or examination papers