Definition & Meaning

text from the Confucian classics or religious scriptures; scripts

Word usage

jīng wén

经 文

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n.text from the Confucian classics or religious scriptures; scripts
- dú yī duàn jīng wén
  读一段经文
  read a scripts
- cóng méi rén néng bǎ yī duàn jīng wén jiǎng jiě de zhè me xuán miào shēn ào
  从没人能把一段经文讲解得这么玄妙深奥。
  Never has a text been expounded with more complexity.

Word usage

common measure word
"经文" is often matched with measure word "本"or"句".
- 一本经文
  one scripture
- 一句经文
  one sentence of scripture

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