文章
wén zhāng
Pinyin

Definition

文章
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wén zhāng
  1. article
  2. essay
  3. literary works
  4. writings
  5. hidden meaning
  6. CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

勋章
xūn zhāng
  1. 1 medal
  2. 2 decoration
博文
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
文章
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]
文艺
wén yì
  1. 1 literature and art
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
人文
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
天文
tiān wén
  1. 1 astronomy
天文馆
tiān wén guǎn
  1. 1 planetarium
徽章
huī zhāng
  1. 1 badge
  2. 2 emblem
  3. 3 insignia
  4. 4 crest
  5. 5 logo
  6. 6 coat of arms
散文
sǎn wén
  1. 1 prose
  2. 2 essay
文人
wén rén
  1. 1 scholar
  2. 2 literati
文件
wén jiàn
  1. 1 document
  2. 2 file
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn]
文娱
wén yú
  1. 1 cultural recreation
  2. 2 entertainment
文字
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]

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
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
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
断章取义
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
  1. 1 to quote out of context (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

他负责在微博上发布文章。
tā fùzé zài wēibó shàng fābù wénzhāng 。
He is responsible for publishing articles on Weibo.
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软销售和硬文章之间看上去很像，但它们之间微妙的区别是，文章要有立场，而推销重在利益，
ruǎn xiāoshòu hé yìng wénzhāng zhījiān kànshangqu hěn xiàng ，dàn tāmen zhījiān wēimiào de qūbié shì ，wénzhāng yào yǒu lìchǎng ，ér tuīxiāo zhòng zài lìyì ，
Soft sales ads and hard core advertisements look a lot alike, but the subtle difference between them is that the advertisement needs to have a position and the soft promotion focuses on the benefits...
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老师，您的专业是词汇学，您也一直强调词汇的重要性，可是我很困惑，根据我自己的学习经验，明明积累了一大堆的单词，语言能力也并没有因此显著提高，很多期刊文章仍然看不懂。
lǎoshī ，nín de zhuānyè shì cíhuìxué ，nín yě yīzhí qiángdiào cíhuì de zhòngyàoxìng ，kěshì wǒ hěn kùnhuò ，gēnjù wǒ zìjǐ de xuéxí jīngyàn ，míngmíng jīlěi le yīdàduī de dāncí ，yǔyán nénglì yě bìng méiyǒu yīncǐ xiǎnzhù tígāo ，hěn duō qīkān wénzhāng réngrán kànbudǒng 。
Sir, your specialism is lexicology, and you always underline the importance of lexicon, but I'm confused. According to my own learning experience, I've accumulated a large vocabulary, but my language ability has not improved noticeably as a result. There are still a lot of journal articles that I can't understand.
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不是啦！不跟你瞎扯，我觉得自己确实在看稍长一点的文章，很容易失去耐性。
bùshì la ！bù gēn nǐ xiāchě ，wǒ juéde zìjǐ quèshí zài kàn shāo cháng yīdiǎn de wénzhāng ，hěn róngyì shīqù nàixìng 。
Not at all! I'm not going to bullshit you. I feel like when I'm reading longer articles, I easily lose my patience.
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确实是！互联网时代充斥着破碎的资讯，极短篇的文章实在写不出什么深度。
quèshí shì ！hùliánwǎng shídài chōngchì zhe pòsuì de zīxùn ，jí duǎnpiān de wénzhāng really xiěbuchū shénme shēndù 。
Indeed! In the internet era there is fragmented information everywhere. There's really no real profundity in the super short articles.
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我可不只学语言，我也读一些语言学和语言学习的书啊！我读过一篇文章，作者提到，语言不只会影响思维模式，还会影响记忆。
wǒ kě bùzhǐ xué yǔyán ，wǒ yě dú yīxiē yǔyánxué hé yǔyán xuéxí de shū ā ！wǒ dú guò yī piān wénzhāng ，zuòzhě tídào ，yǔyán bùzhǐ huì yǐngxiǎng sīwéimóshì ，hái huì yǐngxiǎng jìyì 。
I don't just study languages, I've also read some books on linguistics and language acquisition! I read one article in which the author mentioned that language not only influences the way you think, but it also affects your memory.
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原来是这样，虽然这篇文章被证明是杜撰的，不过我倒觉得这确实也是一个普遍的社会问题。
yuánlái shì zhèyàng ，suīrán zhè piān wénzhāng bèi zhèngmíng shì dùzhuàn de ，bùguò wǒ dào juéde zhè quèshí yě shì yī gè pǔbiàn de shèhuì wèntí 。
So that's what it was. Although this article was proven to be fabricated, I think that it's actually quite a common social problem.
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我看了一篇介绍上海名厨的文章，觉得会做上海菜很厉害。
wǒ kàn le yī piān jièshào Shànghǎi míngchú de wénzhāng ，juéde huì zuò Shànghǎi cài hěn lìhai 。
I read an article introducing a famous chef from Shanghai, so I feel that knowing how to make Shanghainese food would be great.
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我姓文，文章的文。
wǒ xìng wén ，wénzhāng de wén 。
My surname is Wen, the wen from literary works.
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我叫李文，木子李，文章的文，生日是一九八五年九月二十七日，需要护照号码吗？
wǒ jiào Lǐ Wén ，mù zǐ Lǐ ，wénzhāng de Wén ，shēngrì shì yī jiǔ bā wǔ nián jiǔyuè èrshí qī rì ，xūyào hùzhào hàomǎ ma ？
I'm Li Wen, the Li composed of the character for wood on the top and the character for son on the bottom, Wen, as in the second character in "wenzhang" (literary works). My birth date is 27th September, 1985. Do you need my passport number?
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