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"apocryphal writings" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
外典写作 外典寫作 wài diǎn xiě zuò apocryphal writings
Chinese Pinyin Translation
作 zuò to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works syn
文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4] syn
着作 著作 zhù zuò literary work / writings / to write
著作 zhù zuò to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:部[bu4] syn
含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn
文笔 文筆 wén bǐ writings / writing style syn
逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn
大典 dà diǎn ceremony / collection of classical writings syn
轶闻 軼聞 yì wén anecdote / apocryphal story
白话文 白話文 bái huà wén writings in the vernacular syn
红宝书 紅寶書 hóng bǎo shū the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录[Mao2 Zhu3 xi2 Yu3 lu4])
管子 guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school syn
荀子 xún zǐ Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher / the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
翻译家 翻譯家 fān yì jiā translator (of writings)
骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn
轶事遗闻 軼事遺聞 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
钻故纸堆 鑽故紙堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers
逸话 逸話 yì huà rumor / anecdote (not in the official record) / apocryphal story
集部 jí bù non-canonical text / Chinese literary work not included in official classics / apocryphal
内传 內傳 nèi zhuàn biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic
吠陀 fèi tuó Vedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends)
文苑英华 文苑英華 wén yuàn yīng huá Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls
方册 方冊 fāng cè ancient books and volumes / classical writings
法律着作 法律著作 legal writings
天趣 tiān qù natural charm (of writings, works of art etc) syn
三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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