shí wén duàn zìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) able to read; literate
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Original source entry:

識文斷字 识文断字 [shi2 wen2 duan4 zi4] /(idiom) able to read; literate/

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Other forms in these source records: 識文斷字

  • 识
    shí

    to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shì]

    zhì

    to record / to write a footnote

  • 文
    wén

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

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 断
    duàn

    to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

  • 字
    zì

    letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[gè] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

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