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HSK
Chinese language
HSK 1
text / CL:
HSK 1
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
English (language)
HSK 2
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 4
astronomy
HSK 5
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
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language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
entire text / full text
HSK 7-9
humanities / human affairs / culture
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to post a message
Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC) / the Syriac script
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  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
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
Lord's Prayer
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
Classical Chinese writing
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
palindrome
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
translated text
luminous style
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
hydrology
advertorial
this text / article / the main body of a book
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
Sanskrit
rune
clause / explanatory section in a document
Japanese (language)
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)
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
quotation / citation
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
written / statutory
inscription on a tablet
French language
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
Kevin (person name)
Chinese language / Chinese script
to write an article
braille / literature in braille
German (language)
a single penny / a single cent
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
Longman (name)
characters cut in relief
preceding part of the text
(idiom) penniless; completely broke
essay
Calvin (name)
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
original text
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
inscription
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
verse
Mongolian language
litany (text of a prayer)
preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Manchurian written language
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
petition (submitted to a superior)
without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke
dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
Roman Tam (1945-2002), Canto-pop singer
online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学)
Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
Arabic (language & writing)
blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)
Evan / Avon / Ivan
variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director

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