语文 (語文)
yǔ wén
Pinyin

Definition

语文 (語文)
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yǔ wén
  1. literature and language
  2. (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)

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
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng

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

我记得当年我们高考考期是两天，第一天考语文数学，第二天考英语和综合。
wǒ jìde dāngnián wǒmen gāokǎo kǎoqī shì liǎngtiān ，dì yī tiān kǎo yǔwén shùxué ，dì èr tiān kǎo yīngyǔ hé zōnghé 。
I remember back then the college exams lasted for two days. The first day was the language and mathematics exam, the second day was English and general exams.
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这么说吧，考完语文、数学、英语三门基础课后，我是胸有成竹，觉得自己就是上清华北大的料，但考完综合之后我就觉得自己只有留在老家的命了。
zhèmeshuō ba ，kǎo wán yǔwén 、shùxué 、yīngyǔ sān mén jīchǔ kè hòu ，wǒ shì xiōngyǒuchéngzhú ，juéde zìjǐ jiùshì shàng qīnghuáběidà de liào ，dàn kǎo wán zōnghé zhīhòu wǒ jiù juéde zìjǐ zhǐyǒu liú zài lǎojiā de mìng le 。
Let's put it this way, after taking the basic tests in Chinese language, mathematics and English, I'd already got to grips with things, so I felt I'd be able to get into Tsing Hua University or Peking University, but after my general exam I thought I'd just have to remain in my hometown for life.
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可不是嘛，不过听说偏科的都是天才！想我语文这么好，生在科举时代，一定是做大官的。
kěbushì ma ，bùguò tīngshuō piānkē de dōu shì tiāncái ！xiǎng wǒ yǔwén zhème hǎo ，shēngzài kējǔ shídài ，yīdìng shì zuò dàguān de 。
Isn't that exactly the case, but I hear people who are unbalanced across different subjects are geniuses! Given that my Chinese language skills were so good, if I'd been born in the imperial examination era, I'd certainly have been a senior government official.
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语文课，数学课，体育课，物理课，历史课，生物课，化学课，地理课
yǔwén kè ，shùxué kè ，tǐyù kè ，wùlǐ kè ，lìshǐ kè ，shēngwùkè ，huàxué kè ，dìlǐ kè
language arts class, math class, gym class, physics class, history class, biology class, chemistry class, geography class
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哈哈，你们语文老师一定有讲过这些知识吧。
hāhā ，nǐmen yǔwén lǎoshī yīdìng yǒu jiǎng guo zhèxiē zhīshi ba 。
Haha, certainly your language teacher has discussed some of these issues, no?
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