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温文尔雅

wēn wén ěr yǎdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
cultured and refined (idiom) / gentle and cultivated
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

溫文爾雅 温文尔雅 [wen1 wen2 er3 ya3] /cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated/

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Other forms in these source records: 溫文爾雅

  • 温
    wēn

    warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wēn])

    Wēn

    surname Wen

  • 文
    wén

    language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 雅
    yǎ

    elegant

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.