wén xiàn
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  • 1

    n.document with historical value; literature of historical value

    • bó wù guǎn shōu cáng zhe gǔ dài wén xiàn

      博物馆收藏古代文献

      The museum has a collection of ancient documents.

    • zhè shì yǒu lì shǐ yì yì de wén xiàn

      历史意义文献

      This is a historically-significant data.

    • zhè lǐ yǒu nǐ xiǎng yào de wén xiàn zī liào

      这里想要文献资料

      Here are the documents you want.

  • 2

    n.literature (of a subject)

    • zhè mén xué kē de wén xiàn jí wéi fēng fù

      学科文献丰富

      The subject boasts of an extensive literature.

    • tā de lùn wén yǐn yòng de wén xiàn bù gòu

      论文引用文献

      Her dissertation is scant in documentation.

    • tā men zhèng zài shōu jí wén xiàn zī liào zhú bù jiàn lì qǐ dàng àn

      她们正在收集文献资料逐步建立档案

      They are collecting documents to build up an archive.

Word usage

  • "文献" is often matched with measure word "份"or"处"or"篇".
    • 文献

      one copy of the document

    • 文献

      one document

    • 文献

      one piece of document

Chinese words with pinyin wen xian