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(n.) The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wen-Li'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wen-li.html. 1828.
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