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文学 — meaning in English

wén xué

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English meaning

  • literature noun Written works, especially novels, plays, and poetry, valued for their artistic quality.

Senses

文学 is used for these senses in English:

  • literature The body of all written works.
  • literature The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
  • oeuvre (uncountable, collective) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by a artist, composer, or writer.

literature — full definition

  1. noun Written works, especially novels, plays, and poetry, valued for their artistic quality.
  2. noun The body of published research or writing on a particular academic subject.

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