温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

温文尔雅
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wēn wén ěr yǎ
  1. cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
优雅
yōu yǎ
  1. 1 grace
  2. 2 graceful
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]
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
英文
Yīng wén
  1. 1 English (language)
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)
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]
儒雅
rú yǎ
  1. 1 scholarly
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 cultured
  4. 4 courteous
全文
quán wén
  1. 1 entire text
  2. 2 full text
典雅
diǎn yǎ
  1. 1 refined
  2. 2 elegant
分文
fēn wén
  1. 1 a single penny
  2. 2 a single cent
咨文
zī wén
  1. 1 official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)
  2. 2 report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state
天文
tiān wén
  1. 1 astronomy

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
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
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
  1. 1 perfect finish (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

没错吧，这样的男生一定家教很好，温文尔雅，又懂得保持身材。可是却真是不好找啊，现在往街上一站，满眼都是土肥圆。
méicuò ba ，zhèyàng de nánshēng yīdìng jiājiào hěn hǎo ，wēnwéněryǎ ，yòu dǒngde bǎochí shēncái 。kěshì què zhēn shì bù hǎo zhǎo ā ，xiànzài wǎng jiēshang yī zhàn ，mǎnyǎn dōu shì tǔ féi yuán 。
I would say so! This kind of man will have come from a good background and will be cultured and refined, as well as understanding how to maintain their figure. But they are quite hard to come by. Now if you go on to the street, there are UFRs as far as the eye can see.
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我的第一感觉就是，她一定是大一的新生，长相一定非常漂亮。性格是俏皮还是温文尔雅？反正一定是我喜欢的那一型。不过没想到的是，之后连续的两个周末，我都在回家的班车上看到了她。
wǒ de dì yī gǎnjué jiùshì ，tā yīdìng shì dàyī de xīnshēng ，zhǎngxiàng yīdìng fēicháng piàoliang 。xìnggé shì qiàopí háishi wēnwéněryǎ ？fǎnzhèng yīdìng shì wǒ xǐhuan de nà yī xíng 。bùguò méixiǎngdào de shì ，zhīhòu liánxù de liǎng ge zhōumò ，wǒ dōu zài huíjiā de bānchē shàng kàndào le tā 。
My first impression was that she was definitely a freshman, and a beautiful one at that. Maybe she had a witty personality, or maybe she was gentle and cultivated, who knew? Either way, she was the type for me. However, I didn’t even realize that for the next two weekends, I would continue to see her on the way home.
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