明文
míng wén
Pinyin

Definition

明文
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míng wén
  1. to state in writing (laws, rules etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
míng nián
  1. 1 next year
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
míng xiǎn
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 obvious
cōng ming
  1. 1 intelligent
  2. 2 clever
  3. 3 bright
  4. 4 smart
  5. 5 acute (of sight and hearing)
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
bù míng
  1. 1 not clear
  2. 2 unknown
  3. 3 to fail to understand
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
guāng míng zhèng dà
  1. 1 (of a person) honorable
  2. 2 not devious
  3. 3 (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
  4. 4 without tricks
  5. 5 openly
  6. 6 (of a situation) out in the open
fēn míng
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 evidently
  4. 4 clearly
tiān wén guǎn
  1. 1 planetarium

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)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
  1. 1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
大放光明
dà fàng guāng míng
  1. 1 great release of light (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奉若神明
fèng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
  2. 2 to worship
  3. 3 to deify
  4. 4 to make a holy cow of sth
  5. 5 to put sb on a pedestal
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
掌上明珠
zhǎng shàng míng zhū
  1. 1 lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)

Sample Sentences

最后来看一下明文的吧。他写的很短,纸条上面只写着”我今年要瘦五公斤!”
zuìhòu láikàn yīxià Míngwén de ba 。tā xiě de hěn duǎn ,zhǐtiáo shàngmian zhī xiě zhe ”wǒ jīnnián yào shòu wǔ gōngjīn !”
And finally let's look at Mingwen's. His are really short. On the note he just wrote "I want to lose five kilograms this year!"
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