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能文能武
  nang4 man4 nang4 mou5   jyutping
  neng2 wen2 neng2 wu3   pinyin
[1] be well versed in both polite letters and martial arts [2] [Syn.] 文武雙全 ; 文武兼備 ; 文武全才


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
能文能武

This word has been viewed 1125 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 3rd Aug 2007 10:09 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 nang4  -  can; may; able to; ability; energy
 man4 man4*1 man6  -  written language; literary; civilian
 nang4  -  can; may; able to; ability; energy
 mou5  -  force; military, martial
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