created sense approved 八比文 · bābǐwén · eight-part essay — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
八比文
bābǐwén
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