wén​yán

Classical Chinese

Senses

文言 wén​yán Classical Chinese

A literary style of written Chinese based on the ancient language, distinct from the vernacular 白话 bái​huà

文言 wén​yán fine language

Literary; beautiful or ornate language; grand words

文言 wén​yán Wenyan

One of the Ten Wings of the 易经 yì​jīng, specifically the commentary on the hexagrams Qián and Kūn

References

classifier 文言/文言 种/種
antonym 文言/文言 白话/白話
see 文言/文言 易经/易經
antonym 白话/白話 文言/文言