Abbreviated version of Chinese dictionary.

After the publication of the eight-volume edition, the academic community responded strongly and received rave reviews. However, too many volumes and huge volume also make it difficult to use in practice, inconvenient to consult, troublesome to collect and carry, and expensive, which is unbearable for ordinary readers. In view of this, in 1992, Hubei Dictionary Publishing House and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing House published condensed versions. The reduced version adopts photographic technology, that is, the font size is reduced according to the original version. Except for obvious errors in individual prefixes, the contents of the original text and the appendix are basically the same. Of course, due to the reduction of pages, the appendix "Stroke Checklist" has also been rearranged. So the condensed version is consistent with the eight-volume version in content. Through this external form of compression, 160 books are reduced, and 16 books are opened in a single volume, which is quite convenient to search.