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文質彬彬
  man4 zat1 ban1 ban1   jyutping
  wen2 zhi4 bin1 bin1   pinyin
cultured and refined; gentle and polite; urbane and suave; quiet and scholarly

[antonym] 老粗

also read as wen2 zhi2 bin1 bin1 in Taiwan
Idiom
adjective

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
文質彬彬 / 文质彬彬

This word has been viewed 1341 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 26th Aug 2009 01:31 and last edited on 7th Oct 2017 15:12
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Characters in this word:

 man4 man4*1 man6  -  written language; literary; civilian
 zat1 zi3  -  quality; substance; simple; query; pawn
 ban1  -  refined; graceful
 ban1  -  refined; graceful
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