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八股文

wén eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
eight
an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
  thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
   Wén surname Wen
   wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
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