八股文
bā gǔ wén
Pinyin

Definition

八股文
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bā gǔ wén
  1. eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
博文
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
屁股
pì gu
  1. 1 buttocks
  2. 2 bottom
  3. 3 butt
  4. 4 back part

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder