章回小說

novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

surname Zhang

chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

small / tiny / few / young

novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]

to persuade

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine