八股 bāgǔ eight-legged essay Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 八股 bāgǔ eight-legged essay the rigid eight-part functional essay style prescribed for imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties stereotyped writing formulaic language or writing lacking in original thought; clichés or official jargon Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.618 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
八股 bāgǔ eight-legged essay the rigid eight-part functional essay style prescribed for imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties stereotyped writing formulaic language or writing lacking in original thought; clichés or official jargon Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.618 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
