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文言文
man4 jin4 man4
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Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese -- written Chinese based on the grammar of Old Chinese (上古漢語). It was eventually replaced in the early 20th century by 白話文, Vernacular Chinese, which is written Chinese based on the Mandarin dialect.  Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,930,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2240 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 14th Aug 2004 23:18 and last edited on 14th Mar 2010 04:03 |
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Characters in this word:文 man4 man4*1 man6 - written language; literary; civilian言 jin4 - words, speech 文 man4 man4*1 man6 - written language; literary; civilian |
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