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Chinese language
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text / CL:
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to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
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English (language)
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document / file / CL:
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character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
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culture / civilization / cultural / CL: 個|个, 種|种
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foreign language (written)
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article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
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literature / CL: 種|种
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civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
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paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
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astronomy
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literature and art
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(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
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cultural recreation / entertainment
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
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cultural relic / historical relic / CL: , 個|个
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liberal arts / humanities
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reference material (used in scholarly study)
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cultivated individual; scholar; literati
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entire text / full text
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illiterate
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diploma
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stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
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elegant / refined
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humanities / human affairs / culture
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Purple Mountain Observatory
(computer) file; document; documentation
subculture
(coll.) to post a message
collection of documents / library / book series / sequence of data, esp. genome
original text
folder / file (paper)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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surname Wen
literary work / art work
Classical Chinese
genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
Wen'an county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
short piece; article; short essay
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
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
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
arts and sciences
civil and military
Lord's Prayer
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
setose asparagus
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
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)
Classical Chinese writing
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword
collected works
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 in 2nd century
digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of data) / summary
palindrome
secretary
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
Slovenia
translated text
civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration
luminous style
grammar
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
hydrology
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
this text / article / the main body of a book
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
Sanskrit
rune
manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft
refined in manner / gentle
literary giant / great writer / eminent writer
clause / explanatory section in a document
Japanese (language)
the literary world
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)
Wenchang City, Hainan
writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)
quotation / citation
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
office worker; clerk
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)

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