文学
wén xué
Pinyin

Definition

文学
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wén xué
  1. literature
  2. CL:種|种[zhǒng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
wén zì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 script
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 written language
  5. 5 writing style
  6. 6 phraseology
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
wén zhāng
  1. 1 article
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 literary works
  4. 4 writings
  5. 5 hidden meaning
  6. 6 CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
wén yì
  1. 1 literature and art
Yīng wén
  1. 1 English (language)
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
quán wén
  1. 1 entire text
  2. 2 full text
tiān wén
  1. 1 astronomy
tiān wén guǎn
  1. 1 planetarium
sǎn wén
  1. 1 prose
  2. 2 essay
wén rén
  1. 1 scholar
  2. 2 literati
wén jiàn
  1. 1 document
  2. 2 file
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn]
wén jù
  1. 1 stationery
  2. 2 item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
  1. 1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
  2. 2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
  1. 1 scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
文如其人
wén rú qí rén
  1. 1 the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
  1. 1 a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
  1. 1 Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
  2. 2 the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
文武合一
wén wǔ hé yī
  1. 1 civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
文武双全
wén wǔ shuāng quán
  1. 1 well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier
  2. 2 master of pen and sword
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
  1. 1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
  1. 1 political and military achievements (idiom)
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
  1. 1 to cover up one's faults (idiom)
  2. 2 to whitewash
望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì
  1. 1 lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
  2. 2 a far-fetched interpretation
温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
  1. 1 cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
笔胜于刀文比武强
bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng
  1. 1 the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)

Sample Sentences

宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一,又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情,从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物,人说赤壁为三国时代古战场,当年周公瑾在此,以弱胜强,击退曹魏,确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ,yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ,cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ,rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ,dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ,yǐ ruò shèng strong ,jītuì Cáowèi ,quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
美国太空总署之前就说过,蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座,但这是科学意义的第十三个星座,天文学不等于占星学,占星学的十二星座还是可以继续存在。
Měiguó tàikōngzǒngshǔ zhīqián jiù shuō guò ,shéfūzuò shì huángdào shàng dì shí sān gè xīngzuò ,dàn zhè shì kēxué yìyì de dì shí sān gè xīngzuò ,tiānwénxué bù děngyú zhànxīngxué ,zhànxīngxué de shí èr xīngzuò háishì kěyǐ jìxù cúnzài 。
NASA said before that ophiuchus is the thirteenth zodiac on the ecliptic, but it's the thirteenth zodiac scientifically speaking. Astronomy does not equate to astrology. The twelve horoscopes of astrology continue to exist.
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我想要借的是今年诺贝尔文学奖得主,白俄罗斯女作家,斯维特拉娜·阿列克谢耶维奇的作品。
wǒ xiǎngyào jiè de shì jīnnián nuòbèiěr wénxué jiǎng dézhǔ ,báiéluósī nǚ zuòjiā ,Sīwéitèlānà ·ālièkèxièyēwéiqí de zuòpǐn 。
I wanted to borrow a book by a female Belarusian author called Svetlana Alexievich who won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year.
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确实如此,莫言的作品大多带着浓厚的乡土气息,作品中充满了对家乡的复杂情感,被归类为“寻根文学”。
quèshí rúcǐ ,Mòyán de zuòpǐn dàduō dài zhe nónghòu de xiāngtǔ qìxī ,zuòpǐn zhōng chōngmǎn le duì jiāxiāng de fùzá qínggǎn ,bèi guīlèi wèi “xúngēn wénxué ”。
That is the case, the majority of Mo Yan's work is suffused with a strong nativist sensitivity. The work is full of complex feelings towards one's homeplace and is categorized as "root-seeking literature".
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哈哈,告诉你一个秘密,莫言曾经到我们学校做过演讲。幸亏那时他还没得诺贝尔文学奖,不然就不一定请得到咯。
hāhā ,gàosu nǐ yī gè mìmì ,Mòyán céngjīng dào wǒmen xuéxiào zuò guò yǎnjiǎng 。xìngkuī nàshí tā hái méi dé Nuòbèiěr wénxué jiǎng ,bùrán jiù bùyīdìng qǐng de dào lo 。
Ha ha, I'll tell you a secret. Mo Yan once came to our school to make a speech. Luckily at that time he hadn't won the Nobel Prize, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get him to visit.
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什么色情小说!是古典文学!
shénme sèqíng xiǎoshuō !shì gǔdiǎn wénxué !
What do you mean erotic novel! It's classical literature!
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我选了必修课,还选了两门文学课。
wǒ xuǎn le bìxiūkè ,hái xuǎn le liǎng mén wénxué kè 。
I chose the compulsory classes as well as two literature classes.
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现代小说和比较文学,你呢?
xiàndài xiǎoshuō hé bǐjiào wénxué ,nǐ ne ?
Contemporary fiction and comparative literature, and you?
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哦?你选的是什么文学课?
ò ?nǐ xuǎn de shì shénme wénxué kè ?
Huh? What literature class did you choose?
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我也选了比较文学,还有语言学,当然也选了必修课。
wǒ yě xuǎn le bǐjiào wénxué ,háiyǒu yǔyánxué ,dāngrán yě xuǎn le bìxiūkè 。
I chose comparative literature too and linguistics, as well as the compulsory classes, of course.
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