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姚文元
Yáo Wén yuán
Pinyin
Definition
姚文元
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Yáo Wén yuán
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
Character Decomposition
姚
女
儿
冫
文
文
元
二
儿
Related Words
(20)
元
Yuán
1
surname Yuan
2
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
博文
bó wén
1
blog article
2
to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
1
original text
文
Wén
1
surname Wen
文化
wén huà
1
culture
2
civilization
3
cultural
4
CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
文章
wén zhāng
1
article
2
essay
3
literary works
4
writings
5
hidden meaning
6
CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
三文鱼
sān wén yú
1
salmon (loanword)
中文
Zhōng wén
1
Chinese language
人文
rén wén
1
humanities
2
human affairs
3
culture
作文
zuò wén
1
to write an essay
2
composition (student essay)
3
CL:篇[piān]
元宵
yuán xiāo
1
Lantern Festival
2
night of the 15th of the first lunar month
3
see also 元夜[yuán yè]
4
sticky rice dumplings
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
1
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
元宝
Yuán bǎo
1
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
元旦
Yuán dàn
1
New Year's Day
元月
Yuán yuè
1
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
元气
yuán qì
1
strength
2
vigor
3
vitality
4
(TCM) vital energy
元素
yuán sù
1
element
2
element of a set
3
chemical element
公元
gōng yuán
1
CE (Common Era)
2
Christian Era
3
AD (Anno Domini)
单元
dān yuán
1
unit (forming an entity)
2
element
3
(in a residential building) entrance or staircase
Idioms
(20)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
1
a new year begins (idiom)
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
1
arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
1
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
1
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
1
lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
2
incomprehensible nonsense
3
preposterous bullshit
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
1
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
1
to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
2
to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
1
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
文如其人
wén rú qí rén
1
the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
1
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
1
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
2
the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
文武合一
wén wǔ hé yī
1
civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
文武双全
wén wǔ shuāng quán
1
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier
2
master of pen and sword
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
1
river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
1
political and military achievements (idiom)
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
1
to cover up one's faults (idiom)
2
to whitewash
望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì
1
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
2
a far-fetched interpretation
Sample Sentences