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读音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
文读 wén dú literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
出处 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from
武侠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant
着作 zhù zuò literary work / writings / to write
著作 zhù zuò to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:部[bu4]
小品 xiǎo pǐn short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit
物语 wù yǔ monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
琢磨 zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade) / to polish and refine a literary work
文体 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
风骚 fēng sāo literary excellence / flirtatious behavior
面世 miàn shì to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
文坛 wén tán literary circles
书香 shū xiāng literary reputation
文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
文联 Wén lián 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)
文学奖 wén xué jiǎng a literary prize
才气 cái qì talent (usually literary or artistic)
开篇 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
文苑 wén yuàn the literary world
名士 míng shì famous scholar / worthy / celebrity, esp. distinguished literary person having no official post
之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
墨客 mò kè literary person
词人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent
文豪 wén háo literary giant / great writer / eminent writer
中国文联 Zhōng guó wén lián 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)
杂感 zá gǎn random thoughts (a literary genre)
笔力 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition
话本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
文字狱 wén zì yù literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name
构 gòu to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
帮闲 bāng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
杂录 zá lù literary miscellany / varia
润笔 rùn bǐ remuneration for literary or artistic work
典 diǎn canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn
骚 sāo trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect)
点石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
书香门第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family
夸多斗靡 kuā duō dòu mǐ to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)
雕虫篆刻 diāo chóng zhuàn kè literary trifles / minor skill
点铁成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
书会 shū huì calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old)
中国文学艺术界联合会 Zhōng guó Wén xué Yì shù jiè Lián hé huì China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) / abbr. to 文聯|文联
宋白 Sòng bái Song Bai (936-1012), Northern Song literary man
张揖 Zhāng Yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
成语典故 chéng yǔ diǎn gù historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
文学巨匠 wén xué jù jiàng literary master
文艺作品 wén yì zuò pǐn literary work / art work
洋洋大篇 yáng yáng dà piān lit. an ocean of writing / an impressive literary work (idiom)
海上奇书 hǎi shàng qí shū literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 / featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
满口之乎者也 mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě mouth full of literary phrases / to spout the classics
满目琳琅 mǎn mù lín láng lit. to fill one's eyes with glittering jewels / a literary masterpiece or sb of extraordinary talent (idiom)
润资 rùn zī remuneration for literary or artistic work
烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman / prostitute / lovemaking / literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
王禹偁 Wáng Yǔ chēng Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
发语辞 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
词人墨客 cí rén mò kè sb of literary abilities (idiom)
钱钟书 Qián Zhōng shū Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
集部 jí bù non-canonical text / Chinese literary work not included in official classics / apocryphal
韩邦庆 Hán Bāng qìng Han Bangqing (1856-1894), writer and publisher of experimental literary journal in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular, author of novel 海上花列傳|海上花列传
题旨 tí zhǐ subject of literary work
骈偶文风 pián ǒu wén fēng early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
骈体 pián tǐ parallel prose (ancient literary style)
鸳鸯蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
国际文学评论家协会  International Association of Literary Critics
伯尔尼保护文学和艺术品公约  International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
国际保护文学艺术作品联盟  International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
克里斯蒂娃 Kè lǐ sī dì wá Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic
古文观止 Gǔ wén Guān zhǐ Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
举业 jǔ yè preparatory literary studies for imperial examination
辜鸿铭 Gū Hóng míng Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
文艺兵 wén yì bīng PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
陆机 Lù Jī Lu Ji (261-303), Chinese writer and literary critic
转文 zhuǎi wén to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
家传 jiā zhuàn family history (as a literary genre)
舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
文曲星 Wén qǔ xīng constellation governing scholarship and examinations / (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
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