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文職
white-collar job
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文職人員
civilian staff; nonmilitary personnel
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文胸
Mandarin: wen2 xiong1
brasierre, bra
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文膽
Mandarin: wen2 dan3
Simplified: 文胆
a brain trust; a think tank; referring to those who come out with the plans and ideas
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文華東方酒店
Mandarin: wen2 hua2 dong1 fang1 jiu3 dian4
Simplified: 文华东方酒店
the Mandarin Oriental Hotel
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文藝
Mandarin: wen2 yi4
literature and art; the fine arts
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文藝協會
Mandarin: wen2 yi4 xie2 hui4
athenaeum (arts association)
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文藝復興
Mandarin: wen2 yi4 fu4 xing1
the Renaissance
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文藝復興時期
Mandarin: wen2 yi4 fu4 xing1 shi2 qi1
Renaissance-era
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文藝片
Mandarin: wen2 yi4 pian4
Simplified: 文艺片
art films
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文藝片
Mandarin: wen2 yi4 pian4
art and literature film / movie
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文藝界
Mandarin: wen2 yi4 jie4
Simplified: 文艺界
the literary and art circles
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文言
Mandarin: wen2 yan2
Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese
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文言文
Mandarin: wen2 yan2 wen2
Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese -- written Chinese based on the grammar of Old Chinese (上古漢語). It was eventually replaced in the early 20th century by 白話文, Vernacular Chinese, which is written Chinese based on the Mandarin dialect.
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文謅謅
Mandarin: wen2 zhou1 zhou1
[1] of language to be genteel and refined [2] also describes people who use lots of ancient poems and idioms when talking etc.
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文讀
Mandarin: wen2 du2
literary reading (of a Chinese character)
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文路
Mandarin: wen2 lu4
sense; understanding of what one is talking about [colloquial]
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文部
Mandarin: wen2 bu4
Wenbu (place in Tibet)
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文采
Mandarin: wen2 cai3
literary talent
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文錦渡
Man Kam To (one of three road checkpoints between HK and mainland China)
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文雀
Mandarin: wen2 que4
thief (slang)
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文雀
Cantonese
[n][v] pickpocket
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文雅
Mandarin: wen2 ya3
elegant; refined
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文雞
Mandarin: wen2 ji1
Simplified: 文鸡
dollar
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文靜
Mandarin: wen2 jing4
gentle and quiet
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文革
Mandarin: wen2 ge2
Cultural Revolution
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文體
Mandarin: wen2 ti3
a style of writing; a type of writing; a literary form / style
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日
Mandarin: ri4
sun | day | date, day of the month | daytime | daily | Japan | # adapted from cc-cedict
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旻
Mandarin: min2
heaven | sky | autumn | # adapted from cc-cedict
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旻寧
Mandarin: min2 ning2
Simplified: 旻宁
the Daoguang Emperor
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