WEN-LI
\wˈɛnlˈa͡ɪ], \wˈɛnlˈaɪ], \w_ˈɛ_n_l_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of WEN-LI
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The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.
By Oddity Software
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The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.
By Noah Webster.
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