| | to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (vehicle) / abbr. for 開爾文｜开尔文 degrees Kelvin | HSK 1 |
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| | surname Wen | |
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| | language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 118 | |
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| | Chinese / Chinese written language / Chinese writing | HSK 4 |
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| | this text / article / the main body of a book | |
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| | English (language) | |
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| | entire text / full text | |
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| | main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) | |
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| | paper / treatise / thesis / CL: 篇 / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) | HSK 5 |
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| | humanities / human affairs / culture | |
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| | original text | |
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| | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) | |
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| | to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL: 篇 | HSK 5 |
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| | literature and language | |
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| | Japanese (language) | |
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| | prose / essay | HSK 6 |
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| | abbr. for 梵教 Brahmanism / abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語｜梵语 or 梵文 / abbr. for 梵蒂岡｜梵蒂冈, the Vatican | |
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| | astronomy | HSK 6 |
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| | article (in publication) | |
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| | translated text | |
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| | essay | |
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| | classical Chinese | |
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| | refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle | |
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| | clause / explanatory section in a document | |
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| | Chinese language / Chinese script | |
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| | Kevin (person name) | |
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| | a dissertation / a PhD thesis | |
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| | German (language) | |
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| | poetry and literature | |
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| | spam / hydrology | |
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| | oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) | |
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| | to state in writing (laws, rules etc) | |
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| | Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California | |
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| | old language / the Classics / classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / classical Chinese as a school subject | |
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| | hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language | |
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| | written / statutory | |
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| | (textual) context | |
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| | lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand | |
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| | Jiang Wen, sixth generation Chinese movie director | |
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| | quotation / citation | |
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| | border city / name of short story by Shen Congwen 沈從文｜沈从文 | |
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| | scripture / scriptures / CL: 本 | |
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| | writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication | |
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| | preceding part of the text | |
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| | palindrome | |
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| | a single penny / a single cent | |
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| | Russian language | |
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| | French language | |
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| | Evan / Avon / Ivan | |
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| | Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源｜物种起源 / Darwin, capital of Australian Northern Territory 北領地｜北领地 | |
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| | (of documents) offical approval | |
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| | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文｜白话文 | |
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| | Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad | |
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| | Spanish / western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) | |
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| | Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402 | |
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| | Steven, Stephen (name) | |
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| | Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian | |
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| | Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市｜潍坊市, Shandong | |
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| | Spanish (language) | |
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| | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑 nomadic people | |
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| | Longman (name) | |
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| | remarkable work / peculiar writing | |
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| | narrative writing / written narration | |
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| | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution | |
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| | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer | |
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| | Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general from 2006 | |
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| | Manchurian written language | |
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| | Latin (language) | |
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| | Xiuwen county in Guiyang 貴陽｜贵阳, Guizhou | |
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| | unwritten (rule) | |
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| | inscription | |
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| | the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) | |
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| | writings in the vernacular | |
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| | Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language | |
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| | an inscription on a tablet | |
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| | Braille (alphabet for the blind) | |
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| | Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer | |
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| | applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) | |
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| | Arabic (language & writing) | |
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| | Richmond (place name or surname) | |
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| | Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist | |
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| | Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓｜宜宾, Sichuan | |
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| | incantation / spell / to curse | |
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| | received document / sent document | |
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| | Sanskrit | |
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| | inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription | |
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| | Kevin (name) | |
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| | Greek literature | |
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| | Calvin (name) | |
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| | a worthless piece of paper (idiom) | |
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| | Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe | |
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| | Thai (language) | |
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| | verse | |
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| | Mongolian language | |
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| | Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician, proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 | |
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| | coded text / cypher | |
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