created sense approved 尔雅/爾雅 · ěryǎ · Erya — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
尔雅 / 爾雅
ěryǎ
Erya
The first extant Chinese dictionary and one of the thirteen Confucian classics, compiled between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC; also known as "The Ready Guide".
尔 (literal) → 尔/爾 · ěr · thus 雅 (literal) → 雅 · yǎ · standard
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created sense approved 尔雅/爾雅 · ěryǎ · refined — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
尔雅 / 爾雅
ěryǎ
refined
Elegant; refined; cultured. Often used in the four-character expression [[温文尔雅|溫文爾雅|wen1 wen2 er3 ya3]]
尔 (literal) → 尔/爾 · ěr · thus 雅 (literal) → 雅 · yǎ · elegant
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition