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Chinese language
HSK 1
culture / civilization / cultural / CL: 個|个, 種|种
HSK 3
document / file / CL:
HSK 3
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
English (language)
HSK 2
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
literature
HSK 3
text / CL:
HSK 1
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
astronomy
HSK 5
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 4
(PRC) Ministry of Culture and Tourism
literature and art
HSK 5
cultivated individual; scholar; literati
HSK 7-9
(textual) context
(PPT etc) presentation
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
humanities / human affairs / culture
HSK 7-9
Eastern civilization
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
cultural palace
hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
passport
hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
salmon (loanword)
literary work / art work
astronomical telescope
online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学)
Malay language
entire text / full text
HSK 7-9
(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
text editor
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
grammar
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
quotation / citation
word processing
liberal arts / humanities
HSK 7-9
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
humanism
diploma
HSK 7-9
King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-311 BC during the Warring States Period
astronomy
applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
folder / file (paper)
original text
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
hydrology
subculture
place of cultural interest
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
history of literature
cultural relic / historical relic / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
Classical Chinese
reference material (used in scholarly study)
HSK 7-9
ancient civilization
(loanword) sandwich
official document
clause / explanatory section in a document
Eastern and Western culture
cultural recreation / entertainment
HSK 6
this text / article / the main body of a book
to give for free
civil and military officials
illiterate
HSK 7-9
(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central Yellow River basin, known for painted pottery, millet farming and village settlements
words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral
French language
refined in manner / gentle
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
classical literature
elegant / refined
HSK 7-9
Calvin Klein CK (brand)
collected works
Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
poetry and literature
writer / man of letters / CL: 個|个
speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Address, (Russia) Address to the Federal Assembly etc)
comparative literature
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
the Renaissance
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
full-text search
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
German (language)
cultural tradition
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔, , 紙|纸 and 硯|砚 / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
Wenchang City, Hainan
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language

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