讯息 訊息 xùn xī information / news / message / text message / SMS syn 启发 啟發 qǐ fā to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation syn 主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 处理器 處理器 chǔ lǐ qì processor syn 原文 yuán wén original text syn 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 宝典 寶典 bǎo diǎn canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom) 疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text) syn 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author 上文 shàng wén preceding part of the text 涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid) syn 短讯 短訊 duǎn xùn SMS / text message 错字 錯字 cuò zì incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text) 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 删节 刪節 shān jié to abridge / to cut a text down to size for publication syn 全文 quán wén entire text / full text syn 译文 譯文 yì wén translated text 正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) syn 课文 課文 kè wén text / CL:篇[pian1] 专著 專著 zhuān zhù monograph / specialized text 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 要旨 yào zhǐ the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points syn 寄存器 jì cún qì processor register (computing) 审校 審校 shěn jiào to proof-read / to review (a text) syn 三藏 sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries 拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn 短信 duǎn xìn text message / SMS 本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book syn 控件 kòng jiàn (computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc) 发短信 發短信 fā duǎn xìn to text / to send SMS messages 键入 鍵入 jiàn rù to key in / to input / to enter (some text) 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 文本框 wén běn kuàng (computing) text box 换行 換行 huàn háng to wrap (text) / line feed (computing) 纯文字 純文字 chún wén zì text-only (webpage, slide etc) 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 加粗 jiā cū to make text bold 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD) 词话 詞話 cí huà form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn 经籍 經籍 jīng jí religious text syn 栏 欄 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data) syn 祷文 禱文 dǎo wén litany (text of a prayer) syn 括 kuò (bound form) to tie up / to tighten up / (bound form) to include / to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1] syn 顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 祷词 禱詞 dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer) 口齿生香 口齒生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng eloquence that generates perfume (idiom) / profound and significant text 妄下雌黄 妄下雌黃 wàng xià cí huáng to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom) / to make irresponsible criticism syn 望文生义 望文生義 wàng wén shēng yì lit. view a text and interpret (idiom) / to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation 镻 dié name of poisonous snake in ancient text 长篇累牍 長篇累牘 cháng piān lěi dú (of a text) very lengthy (idiom) 参校 參校 cān jiào to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text 次经 次經 cì jīng non-canonical text / dubious classic text / Apocrypha 讹误 訛誤 é wù error in a text / text corruption syn 前文 qián wén the text above / the preceding text 食品加工机 食品加工機 shí pǐn jiā gōng jī food processor x线片自动显影剂 automatic film processor / automatic x-ray developer / developer 碎木机 suì mù jī shredder / hog mill / wood processor 梢头材加工机 topwood processor 木材厚片加工机 木材厚片加工機 wood chunker / chunkwood processor 案文 àn wén text 课文启动 課文啟動 kè wén qǐ dòng text priming 文字档 文字檔 wén zì dàng text file 全文检索 全文檢索 quán wén jiǎn suǒ full-text search 八八六 bā bā liù Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages) 删简压缩 刪簡壓縮 shān jiǎn yā suō to simplify and condense (a text) / abridged 四十二章经 四十二章經 sì shí èr zhāng jīng The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha) 宋慈 sòng cí Song Ci (1186-1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录[Xi3yuan1 Ji2lu4] (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text 定场诗 定場詩 dìng chǎng shī first soliloquy text (introducing opera character) 尉缭 尉繚 wèi liáo Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy 弦而鼓之 xián ér gǔ zhī to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2wen1]) / (fig.) to play music 挦 撏 xián to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text) 收发短信 收發短信 shōu fā duǎn xìn to text / to receive and send SMS messages 改订 改訂 gǎi dìng to revise (text, plan etc) 文本编辑器 文本編輯器 wén běn biān jí qì text editor 有声读物 有聲讀物 yǒu shēng dú wù audiobook / recording of a person reading the text of a book 洗冤集录 洗冤集錄 xǐ yuān jí lù "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈[Song4 Ci2], said to be the world's first forensic science text 真诠 真詮 zhēn quán to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis 纯文字页 純文字頁 chún wén zì yè text-only webpage 英汉对译 英漢對譯 yīng hàn duì yì English-Chinese parallel text 解深密经 解深密經 jiě shēn mì jīng Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha 训民正音 訓民正音 xùn mín zhèng yīn Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul 读破句 讀破句 dú pò jù incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point 释经 釋經 shì jīng exegesis / explanation of classic text 集部 jí bù non-canonical text / Chinese literary work not included in official classics / apocryphal 顺嘴儿 順嘴兒 shùn zuǐ r to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 黄帝内经 黃帝內經 huáng dì nèi jīng The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 黄帝八十一难经 黃帝八十一難經 huáng dì bā shí yī nàn jīng The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD 