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文史 wén shǐ literature and history
Chinese Pinyin Translation
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
文学史 文學史 wén xué shǐ history of literature
近现代史 近現代史 jìn xiàn dài shǐ modern history and contemporary history
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
国史 國史 guó shǐ national history / dynastic history
野史 yě shǐ unofficial history / history as popular legends
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
三国史记 三國史記 sān guó shǐ jì History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2].
地史 dì shǐ earth history / geological history
尚书经 尚書經 shàng shū jīng Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
契丹国志 契丹國志 qì dān guó zhì History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)
架空历史 架空歷史 jià kōng lì shǐ alternate history / counterfactual history (genre of fiction)
载入史册 載入史冊 zǎi rù shǐ cè to be recorded in history / to go down in history
诗话 詩話 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
变文 變文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
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
林纾 林紓 lín shū Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
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
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) 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
诗文 詩文 shī wén poetry and literature syn
脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn
语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher
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
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
阳春白雪 陽春白雪 yáng chūn bái xuě melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / highbrow art and 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
图书馆和保健文献事务处 圖書館和保健文獻事務處 Office of Library and Health Literature Services
保健印刷品、图书馆和资料服务处 保健印刷品、圖書館和資料服務處 Health Literature, Library and Information Services
教科文组织促进宽容青少年文学奖 教科文組織促進寬容青少年文學獎 UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance
国际俄罗斯语言和文学教师协会 國際俄羅斯語言和文學教師協會 International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature
文学 文學 wén xué literature / CL:種|种[zhong3] 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
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
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
文摘 wén zhāi digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of data) / summary
眼帘 眼簾 yǎn lián eyes (in literature) / eyesight 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
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]
格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
中国文学 中國文學 zhōng guó wén xué Chinese literature
咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) 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)
巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian syn
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
体例 體例 tǐ lì style (of literature) / form
部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc 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]
妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn
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
意识流 意識流 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
盲文 máng wén braille / literature in braille 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
韵事 韻事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem syn
苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
一倡三叹 一倡三歎 yī chàng sān tàn (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
水浒传 水滸傳 shuǐ hǔ zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
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"
比较文学 比較文學 bǐ jiào wén xué comparative literature
莫言 mò yán Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
北宋四大部书 北宋四大部書 běi sòng sì dà bù shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
含味隽永 含味雋永 hán wèi juàn yǒng fine, lasting flavor (of literature)
四一二事变 四一二事變 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
宋四大书 宋四大書 sòng sì dà shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
水浒全传 水滸全傳 shuǐ hǔ quán zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also written 水滸傳|水浒传
茅盾文学奖 茅盾文學獎 máo dùn wén xué jiǎng Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
诺贝尔文学奖 諾貝爾文學獎 nuò bèi ěr wén xué jiǎng Nobel Prize in Literature
越南文 yuè nán wén Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
越文 yuè wén Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
通俗小说 通俗小說 tōng sú xiǎo shuō popular fiction / light literature
灰色文献 grey literature
专利文献杂志 專利文獻雜志 zhuān lì wén xiàn zá zhì Journal of Patent Associated Literature
阿拉伯医学文献中心 阿拉伯醫學文獻中心 Arab Centre for Medical Literature
桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
雅事 yǎ shì refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc) syn
说部 說部 shuō bù (old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc
耽美 dān měi (slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)
网文 網文 wǎng wén online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学[wang3luo4 wen2xue2])
热河 熱河 rè hé Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia / refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde / see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄[bi4 shu3 shan1 zhuang1] (history)
五经 五經 wǔ jīng the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
古文运动 古文運動 gǔ wén yùn dòng cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
斯大林格勒战役 斯大林格勒戰役 sī dà lín gé lè zhàn yì Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
浣纱记 浣紗記 huàn shā jì Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
薛居正 xuē jū zhèng Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
聋人语文、文化、历史国际节和会议 聾人語文、文化、歷史國際節和會議 International Festival and Conference on the Language, Culture and History of Deaf People
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
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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