1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
2 incomprehensible nonsense
3 preposterous bullshit
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
1 scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
文如其人
wén rú qí rén
1 the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
1 a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
1 Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
2 the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
文武合一
wén wǔ hé yī
1 civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
文武双全
wén wǔ shuāng quán
1 well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier
2 master of pen and sword
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
1 political and military achievements (idiom)
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
1 to cover up one's faults (idiom)
2 to whitewash
望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì
1 lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
2 a far-fetched interpretation
温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
1 cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
Sample Sentences
你说的是姜文的《一步之遥》？
nǐ shuō de shì Jiāngwén de 《yībùzhīyáo 》？
Are you talking about Jiang Wen's Gone with the Bullets?