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preface; foreword; introduction to the text of a book

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xù wén

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n.preface; foreword; introduction to the text of a book
- yī duàn shuō míng zuò zhě yòng yì de xù wén
  一段说明作者用意的序文
  a preface which is explanatory of the author's intention
- dà tǐ shang kě fēn wéi lùn shuō wén yǔ xù wén liǎng lèi
  大体上可分为论说文与序文两类。
  This part can be divided into two kinds of argumentation and preface on the whole.
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tí cí题词 qián yán前言 yǐn yán引言 xù yán序言 biàn yán弁言 xiǎo xù小序

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"序文" cannot be written as "叙文".

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