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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
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text / CL:
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English (language)
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to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
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foreign language (written)
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paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
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astronomy
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prose / essay
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humanities / human affairs / culture
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entire text / full text
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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
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literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
(coll.) to post a message
original text
preceding part of the text
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
Japanese (language)
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)
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
short piece; article; short essay
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Russian language
official document
Kevin (name)
poetry and literature
(textual) context
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梵* | 梵* | *梵
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
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
palindrome
Kevin (person name)
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
translated text
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
hydrology
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
Sanskrit
rune
essay
clause / explanatory section in a document
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
scripture / scriptures / CL:
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源 / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia)
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
to write an article
quotation / citation
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
written / statutory
inscription on a tablet
French language
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
Chinese language / Chinese script
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
braille / literature in braille
funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address
German (language)
a single penny / a single cent
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
Longman (name)
characters cut in relief
penniless (idiom)
Calvin (name)
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
Manchurian written language
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
inscription
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咨* | 咨* | *咨
variant of 諮|咨 / used in 咨文 / used in 咨嗟
verse
litany (text of a prayer)
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
petition (submitted to a superior)
without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke
dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 簡體中文|简体中文)
online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学)
Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
(social media) to post; a post
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
Arabic (language & writing)

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