文字

tā de gōng zuò shì yán jiū xiē xíng wén zì

她的工作是研究楔形文字。

Her job is to study cuneiform characters.

shén me shì biǎo xíng wén zì

什么是表形文字？

What is pictography?

hái zi zhèng zài xué pīn yīn wén zì

孩子正在学拼音文字。

The child is learning alphabetic writing.

biǎo yīn wén zì

表音文字

alphabetic writing

tā men de xuān chuán wén zì xiě de hǎo

他们的宣传文字写得好。

Their propaganda is well written.

tā liǎ zài wán wén zì yóu xì

他俩在玩文字游戏。

They are playing on words.

tā zhǐ dǒng zì jǐ bù luò de yǔ yán wén zì

他只懂自己部落的语言文字。

He knows only her own tribal language.

wén zì jiǎn liàn

文字简练

be succinct in wording

wén zì kū sè

文字枯涩

dull and heavy style

kě xī yōu xiù de wén zì zuò pǐn shì kě yù bù kě qiú

可惜优秀的文字作品是可遇不可求。

Good writing is unfortunately the exception rather than the rule.

wén zì shang yǒu wèn tí

文字上有问题。

There's something wrong with the wording.

wén zì shang yǒu máo dùn

文字上有矛盾。

There's some discrepancy in the writing.