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[變文] biànwén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)

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        biàn, [變], to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion
        gǎibiàn, [改變], to change/to alter/to transform
        biànchéng, [變成], to change into/to turn into/to become
        biàntài, [變態], to metamorphose (biology)/abnormal/perverted/hentai/(slang) pervert
        biànhuà, [變化], change/variation/to change/to vary/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhuǎnbiàn, [轉變], to change/to transform/shift/transformation/CL:個|个[gè]
        biànxíng, [變形], deformation/to become deformed/to change shape/to morph
        biànyì, [變異], variation
        biànxìng, [變性], to denature/denaturation/to have a sex change/transsexual
        biànzhǒng, [變種], mutation/variety/variant
        pànbiàn, [叛變], to defect/to betray/to mutiny
        biàndòng, [變動], to change/to fluctuate/change/fluctuation
        biànwéi, [變為], to change into
        biànhuàn, [變換], to transform/to convert/to vary/to alternate/a transformation
        yǎnbiàn, [演變], to develop/to evolve/development/evolution
        zhèngbiàn, [政變], coup d'état
        biàngé, [變革], to transform/to change
        tūbiàn, [突變], sudden change/mutation
        biànzhì, [變質], to degenerate/to deteriorate/(of food) to go bad/to go off/(geology) metamorphis...
        biànliàng, [變量], variable (math.)
        biàngēng, [變更], to change/to alter/to modify
        yīchéngbùbiàn, [一成不變], nothing much changes (idiom); always the same/stuck in a rut
        biànshù, [變數], variable (math.)
        duōbiàn, [多變], fickle/multi-variate (math.)
        biànyàng, [變樣], to change (appearance)/to change shape
        bìngbiàn, [病變], pathological changes/lesion/diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
        biànsè, [變色], to change color/to discolor/to change countenance/to become angry
        suíjīyìngbiàn, [隨機應變], to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
        biàntōng, [變通], pragmatic/flexible/to act differently in different situations/to accommodate to ...
        biànyāqì, [變壓器], transformer
        tuìbiàn, [蛻變], to transform/to morph/to degenerate/metamorphosis/transmutation/transformation/d...
        biànxìfǎ, [變戲法], to perform conjuring tricks/to conjure/to juggle
        biànguà, [變卦], to change one's mind/to go back on one's word
        jùbiàn, [聚變], fusion (physics)
        biàngù, [變故], an unforeseen event/accident/misfortune
        jùbiàn, [巨變], great changes
        biànmài, [變賣], to sell off (one's property)
        biànqiān, [變遷], changes/vicissitudes
        
        biànsèlóng, [變色龍], (lit. and fig.) chameleon
        biànběnjiālì, [變本加厲], lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)...
        biànjié, [變節], betrayal/defection/turncoat/to change sides politically
        yáoshēnyībiàn, [搖身一變], to change shape in a single shake/fig. to take on a new lease of life
        shànbiàn, [善變], fickle/mercurial/changeable/capricious/to be apt to change
        biànxiàng, [變相], in disguised form/covert
        bīngbiàn, [兵變], mutiny/(Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
        biànsùqì, [變速器], gearbox/speed changer/gear
        lièbiàn, [裂變], fission
        biànhuàn, [變幻], to change irregularly/to fluctuate
        shùnxīwànbiàn, [瞬息萬變], in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
        biànxīn, [變心], to cease to be faithful
        yìngbiàn, [應變], to meet a contingency/to adapt oneself to changes
        biànliǎn, [變臉], to turn hostile suddenly/face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic ch...
        biànhuànmòcè, [變幻莫測], to change unpredictably/unpredictable/erratic/treacherous
        
        qíngbiàn, [情變], loss of love/breakup of a relationship
        biànxíngchóng, [變形蟲], amoeba
        
        biàndiào, [變調], tone sandhi/modified tone/(music) to change key/modulation
        shuāibiàn, [衰變], radioactive decay
        biànsù, [變速], to change speed/to shift gear/variable-speed
        shìbiàn, [事變], incident/unforeseen event/events (in general)
        jùbiàn, [劇變], to change dramatically/radical change
        áibiàn, [癌變], to become cancerous/transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
        xíngbiàn, [形變], deformation/bending
        qiānbiànwànhuà, [千變萬化], countless changes/constant permutation
        qiēbiàn, [切變], shear (physics)
        chǔbiànbùjīng, [處變不驚], to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)
        biànhuàduōduān, [變化多端], changeable/changing/varied/full of changes
        zhìbiàn, [質變], qualitative change/fundamental change
        biànhuàmòcè, [變化莫測], unpredictable/changeable
        zhòubiàn, [驟變], abrupt change/sudden discontinuity
        
        
        
        kěbiàn, [可變], variable
        
        shànbiàn, [嬗變], transmutation
        biàndiànzhàn, [變電站], (transformer) substation
        fēngyúnbiànhuàn, [風雲變幻], changeable situation (idiom)
        
        biànsùxiāng, [變速箱], gearbox/transmission
        huábiàn, [嘩變], mutiny/rebellion
        
        hélièbiàn, [核裂變], atomic fission/nuclear fission/fission
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        yīnbiàn, [音變], phonetic change
        biànzòuqǔ, [變奏曲], variation (music)
        
        jiànbiàn, [漸變], gradual change
        biànsùgǎn, [變速桿], gear lever/stick shift
        jībiàn, [畸變], distortion/aberration
        yǎnbiàn, [衍變], to develop/to evolve
        liàngbiàn, [量變], quantitative change
        biànfǎ, [變法], to change the laws/political reform/unconventional method
        
        
        hūnbiàn, [婚變], marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc)/marriage breakup
        biàntiān, [變天], to undergo change in weather/restoration of reactionary rule or the previous reg...
        
        
        
        cǎnbiàn, [慘變], disastrous turn/tragic event
        
        
        biànliúqì, [變流器], converter
        wànbiànbùlíqízōng, [萬變不離其宗], many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ...
        biànde, [變得], to become
        tánhǔsèbiàn, [談虎色變], to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)/to be scared at the mere mention ...
        
        biànzhìyán, [變質岩], metamorphic rock (geology)

        wénjiàn, document/file/CL:份[fèn]
        wénzhāng, article/essay/literary works/writings/hidden meaning/CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
        Wén/wén, surname Wen, language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/(old) classifier fo...
        wénhuà, culture/civilization/cultural/CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
        Kǎiwén, [凱文], Kevin (person name)
        lùnwén, [論文], paper/treatise/thesis/CL:篇[piān]/to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
        wénmíng, civilized/civilization/culture/CL:個|个[gè]
        wénzì, character/script/writing/written language/writing style/phraseology/CL:個|个[gè]
        Āiwén, Evan/Avon/Ivan
        Yīngwén, English (language)
        wénxué, [文學], literature/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        Ōuwén, [歐文], Owen (name)/Erwin (name)/Irvine, California
        wénshū, [文書], document/official correspondence/secretary/secretariat
        gōngwénbāo, briefcase/attaché case
        
        Zhōngwén, Chinese language
        shēnwúfēnwén, [身無分文], penniless (idiom)
        
        
        wéndàng, [文檔], (computer) file
        Shǐdìwén, Steven, Stephen (name)
        wénwù, cultural relic/historical relic/CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè]
        Lādīngwén, Latin (language)
        
        wénjiànjiā, [文件夾], folder/file (paper)
        wénpíng, [文憑], diploma
        
        
        
        
        tiānwénguǎn, [天文館], planetarium
        
        wénmáng, illiterate
        wényǎ, elegant/refined
        zuòwén, to write an essay/composition (student essay)/CL:篇[piān]
        Dáěrwén, [達爾文], Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Sp...
        Wényìfùxīng, [文藝復興], the Renaissance
        Déwén, German (language)
        yuánwén, original text
        sīwén, refined/educate/cultured/intellectual/polite/gentle
        gōngwén, document
        wénběn, version/text
        wénxiàn, [文獻], document
        
        wénzhí, [文職], civilian post (as opposed to military)/civil service/administration
        tiānwénxuéjiā, [天文學家], astronomer
        
        tiānwénxué, [天文學], astronomy
        Sīdìwén, Steven (name)/Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, play...
        sǎnwén, prose/essay
        
        jīngwén, [經文], scripture/scriptures/CL:本[běn]
        tiáowén, [條文], clause/explanatory section in a document
        xiàngxíngwénzì, pictogram/hieroglyph
        tiānwéntái, observatory
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        wénàn, (newspapers etc) copy/copywriter/(office etc) paperwork/(old) secretary/clerk
        wénsī, the train of thought in writing
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        fēnwén, a single penny/a single cent
        wénfǎ, grammar
        Shǐdìwénsī, Stephens/Stevens
        yīwénbùmíng, to be penniless
        Rìwén, Japanese (language)
        Kǎěrwén, [卡爾文], Calvin (name)
        Fǎwén, French language
        wényì, [文藝], literature and art
        wénzhāi, digest (of literature)/to make a digest (of data)/summary
        fánwénrùjié, [繁文縟節], convoluted and overelaborate (document)/unnecessarily elaborate writing/mumbo-ju...
        wénbǐ, [文筆], writings/writing style
        yǔwén, [語文], literature and language/(PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
        
        
        
        
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        chéngwén, written/statutory
        
        
        
        Āiwénsī, Evans/Ivins/Ivens
        
        wénjù, stationery/item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
        
        wénjìng, [文靜], (of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet
        Éwén, Russian language
        
        
        bówén, blog article/to write a blog article (netspeak)
        wēnwéněryǎ, [溫文爾雅], cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
        
        shàngxiàwén, (textual) context
        Ōuwénsī, [歐文斯], Owens (name)
        
        
        
        
        jīnwén, inscription in bronze/bell-cauldron inscription
        dǎowén, [禱文], litany (text of a prayer)
        
        bēiwén, inscription on a tablet
        mángwén, braille/literature in braille
        Kāiěrwén, [開爾文], Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)/Kelvin (temperature s...
        
        
        zuòwénzhāng, to make an issue of sth/to fuss/to make a song and dance
        rénwén, humanities/human affairs/culture
        
稿         wéngǎo, manuscript/article (in newspaper)/draft
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        shàngwén, preceding part of the text
        
        míngwén, [銘文], inscription
        Sīdìwénsēn, Stevenson or Stephenson (name)
        wénxuéjiā, [文學家], writer/man of letters/CL:個|个[gè]
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        Kǎowénchuí, Coventry city in West Midlands 西米德蘭茲|西米德兰兹[Xī mǐ dé lán zī], UK
        míngwénguīdìng, [明文規定], expressly stipulated (in writing)
        pīwén, official written ruling in response to a submission/official approval in writing
        
        
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        gǔwén, old language/the Classics/Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang an...
        
        shīwén, [詩文], poetry and literature
        wénháo, literary giant/great writer/eminent writer
        
        wénkē, liberal arts/humanities
        Wénlái, [文萊], Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo
        Ālābówén, Arabic (language & writing)
        
        wénrén, scholar/literati
        
        Tàiwén, Thai (language)
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        Fànwén, Sanskrit
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        wénjí, collected works
        
        wàiwén, foreign language (written)
        
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        yìwén, [譯文], translated text
        
        
        
        quánwén, entire text/full text
        
        
        zīwén, official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)/report delivered by ...
        
        yàwénhuà, [亞文化], subculture
        
        
        Sīluòwénníyà, [斯洛文尼亞], Slovenia
        
        zhèngwén, main text (as opposed to footnotes)/main body (of a book)
        wéncǎi, literary talent/literary grace/rich and bright colors
        
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        shuǐwén, hydrology
        Jiāěrwén, [加爾文], Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
        
        
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        Hánwén, [韓文], hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet/Korean written language
        shāwénzhǔyì, [沙文主義], chauvinism
        
        
        huíwén, palindrome
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        wényú, [文娛], cultural recreation/entertainment
        
        
        
        wénjùdiàn, stationery store
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        kèwén, [課文], text/CL:篇[piān]
        
        wénzhōuzhōu, [文縐縐], bookish/genteel/erudite
        
        
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        Hànwén, [漢文], Chinese written language/Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
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        gǔdiǎnwénxué, [古典文學], classical literature
        
        yǐnwén, quotation/citation
        
        dàyǒuwénzhāng, some deeper meaning in this/more to it than meets the eye/there's sth behind all...
        
        
        bǐjiàowénxué, [比較文學], comparative literature
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        biǎomiànwénzhāng, superficial show/going through the motions
        
        míngwén, to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
        
        
        
        wénzhìbīnbīn, [文質彬彬], refined in manner/gentle
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        wéntán, [文壇], literary circles
        
        wéntǐ, [文體], genre of writing/literary form/style/literary recreation and sporting activities
        
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        jiǎgǔwén, oracle script/oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
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        hóngtóuwénjiàn, [紅頭文件], red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing gover...
        
        
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        wénmì, secretary
        sānwénzhì, sandwich (loanword)
        
        
        wénxuéshǐ, [文學史], history of literature
        wénkù, [文庫], collection of documents/library/book series/sequence of data, esp. genome
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Lāwénkèláo, [拉文克勞], Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
        
        
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        Xībóláiwén, [希伯萊文], Hebrew language
        wénfēng, [文風], writing style
        
        
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        wēnwén, [溫文], genteel
        
        
        
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        rénwénzhǔyì, [人文主義], humanism
        
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        Luówén, [羅文], Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
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        fēnwénbùqǔ, to give for free
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        qiánhòuwén, [前後文], context/the surrounding words/same as 上下文
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        láiwén, [來文], received document/sent document
        
        
        
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        yùnwén, [韻文], verse
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        wénlǐ, arts and sciences
        
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        wénwǔ, civil and military
        
        wénjiào, culture and education
        
        
        Wénchāng, Wenchang City, Hainan
        
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        wénshì, literati/scholar
        
        
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        wénshǐ, literature and history
        Wénxiàn, [文縣], Wen county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Lǒng nán], Gansu
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        guānyàngwénzhāng, [官樣文章], officialese/red tape
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        jìwén, funeral oration/eulogy/elegiac address
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        wénxuǎn, [文選], compilation/selected works
        
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        wénshēn, to tattoo
        wéncí, [文辭], language/words
        
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        SūnWén, [孫文], the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[Sūn Zhōng shān], Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first ...
        
        
        
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        Lāwénnà, [拉文納], Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
        
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        xíngwén, writing style (formal)/to send an official written communication
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        Lièzhìwén, Richmond (place name or surname)
        
        
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        jìxùwén, [記敘文], narrative writing/written narration
        
        
        

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