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文学 wén xué literature / CL:種|种[zhong3]
语文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
文艺 wén yì literature and art
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art)
笔记 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3]
品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste
征文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
文学作品 wén xué zuò pǐn literature / writing / CL:部[bu4]
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
文史 wén shǐ literature and history
古典文学 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
遗书 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature
诗文 shī wén poetry and literature
文学史 wén xué shǐ history of literature
中国文学 zhōng guó wén xué Chinese literature
移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology)
语文老师 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher
花木兰 Huā Mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc)
扶桑 Fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
汉文 Hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
冷宫 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
四大名著 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
缠绵悱恻 chán mián fěi cè (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental
气韵 qì yùn (of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character
盲文 máng wén braille / literature in braille
阿来 A1 lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
希腊文 Xī là wén Greek literature
川端康成 Chuān duān Kāng chéng Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
韵事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem
一倡三叹 yī chàng sān tàn (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
阳春白雪 yáng chūn bái xuě melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / highbrow art and literature
桥段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
比较文学 bǐ jiào wén xué comparative literature
三国演义 Sān guó Yǎn yì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
西游记 Xī yóu Jì Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
变文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
水浒传 Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
莫言 Mò Yán Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
北宋四大部书 Běi Sòng sì dà bù shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
四一二事变 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 / or 慘案|惨案 / in PRC literature
宋四大书 Sòng sì dà shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
文苑英华 Wén yuàn Yīng huá Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls
林纾 Lín Shū Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
水浒全传 Shuǐ hǔ Quán zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also written 水滸傳|水浒传
茅盾文学奖 Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎng Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
诺贝尔文学奖 Nuò bèi ěr Wén xué Jiǎng Nobel Prize in Literature
越南文 Yuè nán wén Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
越文 Yuè wén Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
通俗小说 tōng sú xiǎo shuō popular fiction / light literature
灰色文献  grey literature
专利文献杂志 zhuān lì wén xiàn zá zhì Journal of Patent Associated Literature
图书馆和保健文献事务处  Office of Library and Health Literature Services
阿拉伯医学文献中心  Arab Centre for Medical Literature
保健印刷品、图书馆和资料服务处  Health Literature, Library and Information Services
教科文组织促进宽容青少年文学奖  UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance
国际俄罗斯语言和文学教师协会  International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature
雅事 yǎ shì refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)
诗话 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
说部 shuō bù (old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc
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