bā​bǐ​wén

eight-part essay

  • created sense approved 八比文 · bā​bǐ​wén · eight-part essay — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    bā​bǐ​wén

    eight-part essay

    stylized mode of writing used in the imperial examinations of the Ming and Qing dynasties

    八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 比 (literal) → 比 · bǐ · metaphor 文 (literal) → 文 · wén · article

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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