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古文

gǔ wén

2-character word

What 古文 means

1. old language
2. the Classics
3. Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose
4. Classical Chinese as a school subject

The characters in 古文

• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing

Example sentences

• 神话让我们能透悉古文明。
  Shénhuà ràng wǒmen néng tòu xī gǔwénmíng.
  The myth offers insights into the ancient civilization.

Words starting with 古文

• 古文明gǔ wén míngancient civilization
• 古文字学gǔ wén zì xuépaleography
• 古文观止Gǔ wén Guān zhǐGuwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by…
• 古文运动gǔ wén yùn dòngcultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of…

Words containing 古文

• 今古文jīn gǔ wénFormer Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six…