尔雅温文 ěryǎwēnwén gentle and refined Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 尔雅 爾雅 ěryǎ refined Elegant; refined; cultured. Often used in the four-character expression 温文尔雅 wēnwén'ěryǎ温文 溫文 wēnwén gentle and polite gentle, polite, and well-mannered; refined in manner; genteel