| | to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format | HSK 1 |
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| | Chinese language | HSK 3 |
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| | paper / treatise / thesis / CL: 篇 / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) | HSK 5 |
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| | astronomy | HSK 6 |
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| | prose / essay | HSK 6 |
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| | literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) | |
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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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| | this text / article / the main body of a book | |
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| | humanities / human affairs / culture | |
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| | English (language) | |
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| | document | |
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| | entire text / full text | |
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| | to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event) | |
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| | foreign language (written) | |
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| | refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle | |
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| | to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL: 篇 | |
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| | (textual) context | |
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| | original text | |
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| | (coll.) to post a message | |
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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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| | to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online | |
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| | braille / literature in braille | |
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| | Chinese language / Chinese script | |
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| | writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication | |
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| | French language | |
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| | Japanese (language) | |
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| | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen | |
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| | main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) | |
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| | translated text | |
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| | poetry and literature | |
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| | inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription | |
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| | a single penny / a single cent | |
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| | German (language) | |
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| | Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California | |
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| | hydrology | |
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| | Russian language | |
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| | to write an article | |
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| | Kevin (name) | |
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| | Kevin (person name) | |
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| | clause / explanatory section in a document | |
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| | to state in writing (laws, rules etc) | |
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| | official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state | |
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| | Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian | |
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| | interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script | |
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| | quotation / citation | |
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| | oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) | |
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| | palindrome | |
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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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| | (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation | |
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| | scripture / scriptures / CL: 本 | |
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| | written / statutory | |
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| | hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language | |
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| | essay | |
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| | Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou | |
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| | inscription | |
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| | Sanskrit | |
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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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| | Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) | |
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| | official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing | |
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| | Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad | |
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| | Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong | |
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| | surname Wen | |
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| | language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 | |
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| | Longman (name) | |
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| | funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address | |
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| | Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan | |
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| | penniless (idiom) | |
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| | inscription on a tablet | |
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| | a worthless piece of paper (idiom) | |
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| | Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language | |
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| | remarkable or peculiar piece of writing | |
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| | preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文 | |
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| | Manchurian written language | |
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| | Calvin (name) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆 | |
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| | verse | |
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| | Mongolian language | |
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| | characters cut in relief | |
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| | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer | |
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| | convoluted / elaborate formalities | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文 | |
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| | litany (text of a prayer) | |
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| | petition (submitted to a superior) | |
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| | to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2] | |
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| | (Internet) to repost (Tw) | |
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| | official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times) | |
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| | archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character | |
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| | bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions | |
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| | advertorial | |
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| | text | |
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| | the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts | |
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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 the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地|北领地 | |
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| | Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer | |
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