- 1. The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words. Source: webster
- 2. The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonicalbooks and of all composition pretending to literary standing. Itemploys a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed andsententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling andarrangement of words. Source: adambom
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