Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China


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  *开* | 开* | *开
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
Chinese language
HSK 3
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 5
astronomy
HSK 6
prose / essay
HSK 6
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
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)
this text / article / the main body of a book
humanities / human affairs / culture
English (language)
document
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  *转* | 转* | *转
entire text / full text
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
foreign language (written)
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
(textual) context
original text
preceding part of the text
(coll.) to post a message
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  *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
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
braille / literature in braille
Chinese language / Chinese script
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
French language
Japanese (language)
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
text / CL:
translated text
poetry and literature
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
a single penny / a single cent
German (language)
Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
hydrology
Russian language
to write an article
Kevin (name)
Kevin (person name)
rune
clause / explanatory section in a document
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
quotation / citation
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
palindrome
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
scripture / scriptures / CL:
written / statutory
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language
essay
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
inscription
Sanskrit
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
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  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
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  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
Longman (name)
funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
penniless (idiom)
inscription on a tablet
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文
Manchurian written language
Calvin (name)
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
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
verse
Mongolian language
characters cut in relief
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
convoluted / elaborate formalities
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)
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
litany (text of a prayer)
petition (submitted to a superior)
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
advertorial
text
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
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
Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer

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