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character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
literature / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
culture / civilization / cultural / CL: 個|个, 種|种
HSK 3
document / file / CL:
HSK 3
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
literature and art
HSK 5
cultural recreation / entertainment
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
HSK 7-9
diploma
HSK 7-9
cultural relic / historical relic / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
illiterate
HSK 7-9
cultivated individual; scholar; literati
HSK 7-9
elegant / refined
HSK 7-9
liberal arts / humanities
HSK 7-9
reference material (used in scholarly study)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
cultural history
file format
manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft
culture and education
folder / file (paper)
Wenchang City, Hainan
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc) (abbr. for 文化創意產業|文化创意产业)
grammar
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
(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
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
stationery store
(computer) file; document; documentation
cultural exchange
civil and military
promotional material / propaganda
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
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)
official document
compilation / selected works
paperwork; clerical tasks / (Tw) word processing
genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
refined in manner / gentle
the Renaissance
civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration
writings / writing style
Classical Chinese writing
pomelo
history of literature
file size
aragonite (geology)
Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332
(literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary; eminent writer
Brunei
Wenchang City, Hainan
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword
abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
educational level
philology
cultural palace
lifestyle diseases
(idiom) frail scholar
bookish / genteel / erudite
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
collected works
bookish / genteel / erudite
literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
a person studying for the imperial examinations
writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity
paperwork / official documents and letters / (old) secretary
absolutely still / fig. not the slightest change / also written 紋風不動|纹风不动
cultural tradition
collection of documents / library / book series / sequence of data, esp. genome
(computing) text box
irrelevant / beside the point
Wen'an county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei
literati / scholar
political and military achievements (idiom)
literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors
language; use of words; phraseology / articles; essays; writing
literary work / art work
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
literature and history
literary giant / great writer / eminent writer
Wenfeng district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
arts and sciences
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral
reform of the writing system
lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a primitive fish
to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over
digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of data) / summary
Classical Chinese
the literary world
Wenfeng district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang

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