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文言

wén yán

2-character word

What 文言 means

1. Classical Chinese

The characters in 文言

• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Words starting with 文言

• 文言文wén yán wénClassical Chinese writing

Sounds the same

Read wén yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 闻言to have heard what was said

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