• The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language
  • The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language
  • The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language
  • The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language
  • The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language
  • The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language
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The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language

The Century Chinese-English Dictionary (2-Volume Set): 900,000 Entries Across the Sciences, Arts & Everyday Language

Over 40,000 Single-Character Entries, 760,000 Multi-Character Entries, 20,000 New Words and 30,000 Quotations — A National Lexicography Project Compiled by Nearly 100 Experts Over Nearly a Decade
This is not a pocket dictionary, and it is not a specialist glossary for one field. It is a two-volume, 5,320-page comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary—the largest of its kind published in China—built to serve both general language needs and technical translation. You find everyday words and idioms alongside terms from more than 200 natural science disciplines and over 100 social science fields, with new words, classical quotations, and cultural terms all given bilingual explanations. The editor, Wu Guanghua, has spent over twenty years on Chinese-English lexicography, and this dictionary was compiled by nearly a hundred scholars from more than twenty universities over almost a decade. It is a national lexicography project, and it is designed as a desk reference for translators, researchers, and anyone who needs a comprehensive Chinese-English resource rather than a quick lookup tool. If you work across languages at a professional level and need a dictionary that covers both the humanities and the sciences in one place—this is it.
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Why this dictionary?

Most Chinese-English dictionaries don't carry enough entries — technical terms go missing, idioms get awkward translations or no treatment at all. The Century Chinese-English Dictionary carries 900,000 entries, spanning everyday language to science, medicine, law, and business. If it's a Chinese expression, this dictionary almost certainly gives you an accurate English equivalent-12.

What it does for you:

  • Find authoritative English translations of technical terminology while translating

  • Understand how Chinese words map to English in different contexts while studying

  • Confirm whether your English phrasing is natural when writing papers, emails, or reports

  • Look up idioms, quotations, and modern terms in both languages

Where the value comes from:
This is a national dictionary project led by Prof. Wu Guanghua, compiled by nearly 100 experts from over 20 universities and institutions over roughly 10 years-12. The complete work runs 36 million characters, with over 20,000 new words, 30,000 quotations, and 30,000 idioms and expressions, covering 200+ natural science disciplines and 100+ social science disciplines-19. Wu Guanghua's earlier Chinese-English dictionary won China's National Book Award, and his dictionaries are held by 99 major American universities and libraries-19. This is not a hastily assembled reference — it's an authoritative work vetted by academia and the publishing industry.

Who it's for:

  • Chinese-to-English translators

  • Overseas learners of Chinese

  • University students and researchers who need bilingual reference for papers

  • Professionals in trade, law, medicine, and technology who need precise bilingual expression

  • Readers interested in the Chinese language and culture

Product details: 2 hardcover volumes in a slipcase, 5,320 pages total, 16-mo format, published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House, bilingual Chinese-English layout

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