lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom) / universally praised (original meaning) / incomprehensible nonsense / preposterous bullshit
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
dissertation / thesis
officialese / red tape
ciphertext
(computing) rich text
to write prose
(neologism, attested by 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery / (fig.) all the gear and no idea
preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文[]
paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
quotation / citation
the text below / the following text / (fig.) what happened next / later developments
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
statute
traditional Chinese opera / lyrics and spoken lines in Chinese opera
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
(drug etc) approval number
phonetic alphabet / alphabetic writing system
a post on X (formerly Twitter) / article posted to subscribers' feeds (on WeChat etc) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / (Tw) to comment on a post on the PTT bulletin board
to write an article
prose poem
(bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
(computing) disk image (aka image file) / ISO image
(historical) imperial examination essay / eight-legged essay 八股文[] / current-affairs article / topical commentary (esp. as reading material in educational contexts)
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom) / to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
this text / article / the main body of a book
Eastern and Western culture
(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
text
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
(Tw) advertorial
secret document
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
subculture
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
dead language / indecipherable script
comparative literature
hydrology
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27