斯文
sī wén
Pinyin

Definition

斯文
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sī wén
  1. refined
  2. educate
  3. cultured
  4. intellectual
  5. polite
  6. gentle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
博文
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
德克萨斯
Dé kè sà sī
  1. 1 Texas
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen

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
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

Sample Sentences

挺稳重的，说话斯文，很有礼貌，而且很细心，会照顾人。
tǐng wěnzhòng de ，shuōhuà sīwén ，hěnyǒu lǐmào ，érqiě hěn xìxīn ，huì zhàogu rén 。
He's really calm and refined. He's very polite, and very attentive. He can really take good care of people.
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那舞池边上那两个穿着西装的斯文男是在等客户吗？
nà wǔchí biān shang nà liǎng ge chuān zhe xīzhuāng de sīwén nán shì zài děng kèhù ma ？
Then are those two gentlemen in suits on the dance floor waiting for clients?
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看你小子平时斯斯文文的， 原来是这种人！
kàn nǐ xiǎozi píngshí sīsīwénwén de ， yuánlái shì zhè zhǒng rén ！
You normally seem like such a civilized young man, but now we see you as you really are!
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