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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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character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
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literature / CL: 種|种
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article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
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foreign language (written)
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culture / civilization / cultural / CL: 個|个, 種|种
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document / file / CL:
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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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humanities / human affairs / culture
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language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
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entire text / full text
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stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
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diploma
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cultural relic / historical relic / CL: , 個|个
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illiterate
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cultivated individual; scholar; literati
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elegant / refined
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liberal arts / humanities
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reference material (used in scholarly study)
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short piece; article; short essay
blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)
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surname Wen
cultural history
Japanese (language)
file format
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 the first Zhou dynasty king
(coll.) to post a message
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
scripture / scriptures / CL:
reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
clause / explanatory section in a document
classical literature
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
culture and education
French language
Evans / Ivins / Ivens
folder / file (paper)
Wenchang City, Hainan
Chinese language / Chinese script
Kazakh written language
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc) (abbr. for 文化創意產業|文化创意产业)
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
grammar
Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
astronomical observatory
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
palindrome
original text
(of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
Coventry, city in the West Midlands, England
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
stationery store
(computer) file; document; documentation
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
German (language)
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
cultural exchange
translated text
quotation / citation
civil and military
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)
cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
promotional material / propaganda
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
Slovenia
Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters
official document
compilation / selected works
Kevin (person name)
paperwork; clerical tasks / (Tw) word processing
genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
refined in manner / gentle
Sanskrit
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
dissertation; thesis
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
Longshan culture / black pottery culture

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