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"classical literature" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
Chinese Pinyin Translation
出 齣 chū variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) syn
比 bǐ to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn
远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn
部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn
权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn
格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn
夫 fú (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) syn
北 běi north / (classical) to be defeated syn
经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn
品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn
笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn
文学 文學 wén xué literature / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn
古典 gǔ diǎn classical syn
塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
文艺 文藝 wén yì literature and art syn
文摘 wén zhāi digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of data) / summary
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
盲文 máng wén braille / literature in braille syn
眼帘 眼簾 yǎn lián eyes (in literature) / eyesight syn
诗文 詩文 shī wén poetry and literature syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
大典 dà diǎn ceremony / collection of classical writings syn
词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn
海顿 海頓 hǎi dùn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn
意识流 意識流 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian syn
格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
书院 書院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) syn
文学史 文學史 wén xué shǐ history of literature
妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
古诗 古詩 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem syn
文史 wén shǐ literature and history
仿古 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
平仄 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
文学作品 文學作品 wén xué zuò pǐn literature / writing / CL:部[bu4]
古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music
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
启明 啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn syn
中国文学 中國文學 zhōng guó wén xué Chinese literature
脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn
咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn
文言文 wén yán wén Classical Chinese writing syn
移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology)
语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher
摩羯 mó jié Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴
文言 wén yán Classical Chinese syn
韩愈 韓愈 hán yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
体例 體例 tǐ lì style (of literature) / form
抚琴 撫琴 fǔ qín to play the zither / classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴[tan2 qin2]
长庚 長庚 cháng gēng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk syn
四大名著 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
尔雅 爾雅 ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
柳宗元 liǔ zōng yuán Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
缠绵悱恻 纏綿悱惻 chán mián fěi cè (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental syn
气韵 氣韻 qì yùn (of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character syn
阿来 阿來 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
希腊文 希臘文 xī là wén Greek literature
川端康成 chuān duān kāng chéng Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
耶 yé interrogative particle (classical) syn
牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn
伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
耳 ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese) syn
祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn
乎 hū (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) syn
侬 儂 nóng you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) syn
苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
刘 劉 liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
韵事 韻事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem syn
薛 xuē wormwood like grass (classical)
桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] syn
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn
甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn
汶 wèn Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
啻 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just
涫 guàn (classical) to boil
榱 cuī rafter (classical)
比较文学 比較文學 bǐ jiào wén xué comparative literature
三国演义 三國演義 sān guó yǎn yì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
西游记 西遊記 xī yóu jì "Journey to the West", Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
齣 chū variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
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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