Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
文化
/wénhuà/Roman
English meaning: Culture
Definition
The traditions, arts, and social practices of a community. Taiwan preserves traditional Chinese culture (including the complex Traditional Chinese script, opera, festivals, and cuisine) that was disrupted on the mainland during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). Taiwan's National Palace Museum holds one of the world's greatest collections of Chinese art.
Example
“臺灣保存了豐富的中華傳統文化遺產。”
In English: “Taiwan preserves rich traditional Chinese cultural heritage.”
Literary Heritage
“學而時習之，不亦說乎？有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？”
/Xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū? Yǒu péng zì yuǎn fāng lái, bù yì lè hū?/
“Is it not a pleasure to learn and to repeat or practice what has been learned at due intervals? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?”
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Language information
- Language
- 繁體中文
- Chinese (Trad.)
- Script
- Han
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Speakers
- 30M