wenyan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Mandarin 文言 (wényán).

Noun[edit]

wenyan (uncountable)

  1. Classical Chinese
    • 2004, Michael Lackner, Natascha Vittinghoff, Mapping Meanings: The Field of New Learning in Late Qing China, BRILL, →ISBN, page 280:
      The first baihua-journals until about 1901 contained mainly articles and news, which had been originally written in wenyan and were now translated into the vernacular language.
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