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Chinese language
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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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stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
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humanities / human affairs / culture
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entire text / full text
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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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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
reference material (used in scholarly study)
HSK 7-9
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
to tattoo the face / face tattoo / to brand (ancient punishment)
PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
short piece; article; short essay
human geography
blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)
cultural history
plagiarist
Longwen, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
Japanese (language)
file format
foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
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
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Kazakh written language
(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
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
paperwork / official documents and letters / (old) secretary
aragonite (geology)
Chinese language / Chinese script
Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
Stevenson or Stephenson (name)
the original name of 孫中山|孙中山, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党
crude and ill-educated (idiom)
manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft
astronomical telescope
Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂, reigned 827-840
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
cultural tourism
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
Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957–), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007–2010 and 2013
Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
clause / explanatory section in a document
inscription on a tablet
lifestyle diseases
scripture / scriptures / CL:
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
classical literature
literary giant / great writer / eminent writer
writings in the vernacular
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
Roman Tam (1945–2002), Canto-pop singer
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传
culture and education
Evans / Ivins / Ivens
folder / file (paper)
Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
Lord's Prayer
Wenchang City, Hainan
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc) (abbr. for 文化創意產業|文化创意产业)
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
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
litany (text of a prayer)
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

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